Patent ID: 7703795
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: A01K,B62B

Abstract:
1. A transformable device that can be adjusted to reside in one of at least three states including a stored state, a cart state and a seat state, the transformable device including the components of: a base frame having a front edge, rear edge, left-side edge and right-side edge and being constructed of aluminum tubing; a front-side frame pivotally attached to the front edge of the base frame, a rear-side frame pivotally attached to the rear edge of the base frame, each being attached by a raised hinge that includes a tube having an interior diameter large enough to receive at least a portion of the respective frame, that is positioned at a first height above the plane of the base frame and that allows the portion of the frame to pivot therein and the respective raised hinges; a left-side frame pivotally attached to the left-side edge of the base frame, and a right-side frame pivotally attached to the right-side edge of the base frame, each being attached by a raised hinge that includes a tube having an interior diameter large enough to receive at least a portion of the respective frame, that is positioned at a second height above the plane of the base frame and that allows the portion of the frame to pivot therein and the respective raised hinges; a handle-seat frame pivotally attached to the front-side frame opposite from the side of the front-side frame that is pivotally attached to the front edge of the base frame; a support frame that includes two wheels axially mounted proximate to an end of the support frame that is pivotally attached to the bottom side of the base, and a support handle on the opposing end of the support frame configured in such a manner that when the support frame is parallel to a flat surface, the two wheels and a bottom side of the support handle rest against the flat surface; the front-side panel, the rear-side panel the left-side panel, the right-side panel, the handle-panel and the support frame being operable to pivot between a first position, a second position, and a third position, wherein in the first position the components form a cart, in the second position the components form a seat and in a third position, the device is collapsed for storage and wherein the first height of the raised hinge is greater than the second height of the raised hinge and wherein the left-side frame and the right-side frame are sized so that when they are pivoted over and parallel to the plane of the base frame that they are side by side with each other and wherein the front-side frame, the rear-side frame and the handle-seat frame are sized so that when they are pivoted over and parallel to the plane of the base frame that they are side by side, and further, the left-side frame and the right-side frame are in a first plane parallel to the base frame and the front-side frame, the rear-side frame and the handle-seat frame are in a second plane parallel to the base frame and above the left-side frame and the right-side frame.