Patent ID: 8562003
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A brake for a wheeled cart of the type having a container supported on at least a pair of rear wheels carried on a cart frame, comprising: (a) a brake manipulator pivotally attached to the cart frame for applying the brake to at least one of the rear wheels, further comprising a handle portion for grasping the brake manipulator, a cam portion for operating the brake, a handle pivot opening located near a top portion of the cam portion at a point of pivotal attachment to the cart, and a brake pivot opening displaced from the handle pivot opening by a suitable distance and located near a bottom portion of the cam portion; (b) an elongate brake member pivotally attached to the brake manipulator at the brake pivot opening and extending into a position proximate the at least one of said rear wheels; and (c) a braking element positioned on a lower end of the rake member for being selectively moved into and out frictional braking engagement with a tread surface of the wheel,