Patent ID: 6126176
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A cart configured to ride on ascending and descending escalators after being moved onto the escalator, said cart comprising:a cart body;a plurality of wheels supported at lower portions of said cart body;a fall suppressing device havinga first engagement member coupled to said cart body proximate a rearward side of at least one of said wheels for pivotal movement with respect to said cart body, said first engagement member biased into a position that is slightly spaced from a floor with said wheels in general level contact with the floor,a second engagement member coupled to said cart body proximate a forward side of at least one of said wheels for pivotal movement with respect to said cart body, said second engagement member biased into a position that is slightly spaced from the floor with said wheels in general level contact with the floor, said first and said second engagement members configured to pivot in opposite directions, anda damper coupled between said cart body and said first and second engagement members for dampening movements of both said first and second engagement members with respect to said cart body.