Patent ID: 8099815
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A47F,A63B,B08B,B62B,B65H,D06G

Abstract:
1. In a rack for use in retrieving, cleaning and storing floor covering for temporarily covering a floor to be protected, said rack including: a frame having a rectangular base including two side members, and front and rear frame members; and extendable members provided with floor engaging casters secured to each of the side members to move outwardly of the front and rear frame member, a lower frame member respectively at a front frame member, a respective first and second upright sides secured to each side member of the base, the first and second upright sides being joined at their upper ends; a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted between the first and second upright sides in a vertically spaced, parallel relationship above the front and rear edges of the frame; brackets for mounting the rollers, pins extending through the rollers on both sides of the brackets wherein an apertured end cap is provided on each end of the roller and retained by an adjacent one of the pins extending through holes in sides of the apertured cap, means for rotating a selected roller of the plurality of rollers for extending through said apertured cap and engaging the pin whereby as said floor covering is returned to storage upon said selected roller by operating the means for rotating the roller in order to retrieve the floor covering from the floor for storage.