Patent ID: 6454293
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: A61G,B62B

Abstract:
A transport cart for medical-related supplies comprising:lower support assembly including a base frame, and also including wheels being mounted upon said base frame, and further including an upright frame being securely attached to said base frame and extending upwardly therefrom; an upper support assembly including a support frame being pivotally attached to said upright frame, said upper support assembly being pivotable between a first position and a second position, said first position being characterized by said upper support assembly extending upwardly from said lower support assembly in a substantially common plane with said lower support assembly, said second position being characterized by said upper support assembly being rotated into a position substantially adjacent to said lower support assembly; a first container assembly being securely mounted upon said lower support assembly; and a second container assembly being securely attached to said upper support assembly, said second container assembly having an opening and a lid for selectively closing said opening; wherein in said first position of said upper support assembly, said second container assembly is positioned above said first container assembly with said opening being oriented upwardly, and, in said second position of said upper support assembly, said second container assembly is positioned adjacent to said first container assembly and said opening of said second container assembly is oriented downwardly; wherein said base frame includes a rear axle member, and also includes elongate side members being securely attached to said rear axle member, and further includes an elongate front cross member being integrally attached to said elongate side members, and also includes an elongate intermediate member being disposed between said elongate side members, and further includes a container support member being securely attached upon said elongate intermediate member; wherein said wheels includes rear wheels which are mounted to said rear axle member, and also includes a caster wheel which is mounted near an end of said elongate intermediate member; wherein said upright frame includes elongate side members being securely attached to said base frame, and further includes an elongate top cross member being integrally attached to top ends of said elongate side members of said upright frame; wherein said support frame includes elongate side members having first ends which are pivotally attached to near said top ends of said elongate side members of said upright frame, and further includes an elongate handle member being securely attached at second ends of said elongate side members of said support frame; wherein said elongate side members of said support frame have bottom end portions which are curved to facilitate said support frame being pivotally disposed above said upright frame when said upper support assembly is in said first position; wherein said second container assembly includes a second container having front, back, bottom, and side walls, and an open top, and a lip extending along a top edge of said front wall, and being securely mounted to said support frame, and includes a second latch member being securely attached to said second lid and being adapted to removably engage under said lip of said front wall of said second container to securely fasten said second lid upon said second container, and also includes a second handle member being hingedly attached to an exterior of a top wall of said second lid; wherein said first container assembly includes a first container having front, back, bottom, and side walls, and an open top, and a lip extending along a top edge of said front wall, and being securely mounted upon said base frame, and also includes a first lid being hingedly attached to said first container upon said open top thereof, and further includes a first latch member being securely attached to said first lid and being adapted to removably engage about said lip of said front wall of said first container to securely fasten said first lid under said first container, and also includes a first handle member being hingedly attached to an exterior of a top wall of said first lid; wherein, in said second position of said upper support assembly, said second container is located on an opposite side of said rear axle with respect to said first container; and wherein said handle member extends rearwardly in said first position of said upper support assembly and is positioned between said second container and said lower support assembly when said upper support assembly is in said second position for spacing said second container from said first container.