Patent ID: 6196561
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A45F,B62B

Abstract:
A multi-purpose support structure comprising:a support frame having a pair of longitudinal uprights, each upright comprising first and second guide channels extending parallel to each other,an extendable handle element having two parallel sides slidable within said first guide channel of said uprights and having a transverse connecting element forming a gripping element,a pair of rods, each having a wheel at one end and slidable within said second guide channels,each of said longitudinal uprights housing a substantially extendable, endless flexible element fixed to a corresponding side of said handle element and to one of said rods, for simultaneously moving said parallel sides of said handle element and said rods in opposite parallel directions with respect to said support frame,said endless flexible element passing through a pair of rollers housed inside said flexible endless element.