Patent ID: 6286183
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61G,B60B,Y10T

Abstract:
A caster, with a securing device which is connected to a handle via a Bowden cable, wherein a locking piece (16) is movable between a locking position and an unlocking position by means of the Bowden cable (12), wherein, in the locking position, the locking piece (16) being located between pairs of stop faces (21, 22; 19, 19', 20, 20'), said stop faces being fixed relative to a rotary part (6) and being fixed on the rotary part with respect to an axis of rotation (2), respectively, said locking piece (16) blocks rotational movement about the axis of rotation (2), and wherein, in the unlocking position, the locking piece (16) releases at least alike fixed pairs of said stop faces (21, 22) for rotational movement of the rotary part (6), wherein the Bowden cable (12) passes through a first said locking piece (16) and has a second locking piece (17), the first locking piece (16) being for locking rotational movement of the caster (1) about a vertical axis (2) and the second locking piece (17) being for locking rotational movement of a caster wheel (4) about a horizontal axis of rotation (9).