Patent ID: 6019565
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: B60P,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for movinq a bulk material container, which comprises:a frame movably mounted upon wheels, said frame having an elongate central portion, and a pair of elongate, substantially parallel fork like legs extending horizontally outward from said central portion of said frame, said wheels being located on said frame and subtantially at the extremities of said fork like legs, and said wheels being moveable by motive means between upper and lower positions with respect to said frame; and a plurality of tongues rotatively mounted about vertical axes and mounted to said frame, said tongues being connected to biasing means and being movable to and from positions extending substantially horizontally toward the area between said legs so that said tongues are able to engage the container resting on the ground when said frame is positioned so that the container is substantially between said legs with the wheels in the upper position, said tongues additionally being able to vertically support the container when said wheels are subsequently moved toward the lower position, so that a container may be lifted and rollingly moved about upon the wheels of said frame.