Patent ID: 9211897
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A method of collapsing a wagon, the wagon comprising a frame, a collapsible tow handle, and a pliable liner, the frame having four sides, each side being formed by a respective scissor-bar assembly, at least two of the scissor-bar assemblies each comprising two pairs of crossed-bars, the pairs of crossed-bars being connected to each other at a top-center portion and a bottom-center portion, the pliable liner defining an open-top interior compartment of the wagon when the wagon is in an expanded configuration, the frame also having a vertically oriented telescoping pole assembly at an intersection of each pair of the scissor-bar assemblies, the pliable liner being fixed to a top of each of the telescoping pole assemblies and comprising inverted pockets that receive the top-center portion of the at least two of the scissor-bar assemblies, the pliable liner also comprising four vertical corners that are attached to the telescoping pole assemblies beneath the tops of the telescoping pole assemblies, the method comprising: adjusting the frame of the wagon from the expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration in a manner causing the scissor-bar assemblies and the telescoping pole assemblies to increase in height and the scissor-bar assemblies to decrease in width, the pliable liner being collapsed in the process.