Patent ID: 6488293
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A dolly for a drum in which material is stored, said drum having a top end and an opposed bottom end separated and engaged by a cylindrically shaped side wall, said dolly comprisinga base, for supporting the bottom end of the drum, said base having: a drum support portion, upon which the bottom end of the drum bears, a bottom portion disposed beneath said drum support portion, inner and outer wall portions extending upwardly from said drum support portion and said bottom portion respectively, a containment cavity, formed at least in part by said drum support portion and said inner wall portion for capturing and containing stored material if spilled or leaked from said drum, and a handle connector extending from said outer wall portion; a plurality of casters, disposed on said bottom portion of said base, for providing contact with a dolly supporting surface; and a detachable elongated handle having a connecting end, for pivotally engaging said handle connector, and an opposite grasping end for use in moving said dolly about on the dolly supporting surface; wherein, when said base is oriented with said casters contacting a horizontal dolly supporting surface, said elongated handle is: pivotable about a horizontal axis when connected to said handle connector, slidably connectable to or disconnectable from said handle connector only when said elongated handle is oriented substantially vertically downward, locked to said handle connector when said elongated handle is connected to said handle connector and pivoted to be oriented other than vertically downward, and wherein said elongated handle is restrained from pivoting when said elongated handle is connected to said handle connector and oriented substantially vertically upward.