Patent ID: 7866004
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B62B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A handle adaptor for assisting a user to operate an existing cart safely and easily, said handle adaptor comprising: a lower member having first and second upper surfaces provided with inner edges extending inwardly from outer faces of said lower member and terminating proximal to a center of said lower member, said lower member further having third and fourth upper surfaces monolithically formed with said inner edges of said first and second upper surfaces respectively and oriented orthogonal thereto, said third and fourth upper surfaces having inner edges extending inwardly from said inner edges of said first and second upper edges and further terminating proximal to the center of said lower member, said inner edges of said third and fourth upper surfaces being disposed below said inner edges of said first and second upper surfaces, said lower member further having a fifth upper surface monolithically formed with said inner edges of said third and fourth upper surfaces respectively and positioned therebetween, said fifth surface being located subjacent to said first and second upper surfaces respectively and further being oriented parallel thereto; an upper member having a plurality of lower surfaces coextensively and inversely positioned with said upper surfaces of said lower member such that a passageway is formed therebetween when said upper and lower members are joined together, said passageway surrounding a portion of the existing cart during operating conditions; an extension having an open end removably attached to said outside faces of said lower member; a curvilinear support plate removably attached to a closed end of said extension; and means for resiliently articulating said support plate and said closed end of said extension in sync while said open end of said extension remains statically anchored to said lower member such that said support plate and said closed end of said extension return to equilibrium after being articulated to a tensed position above said upper member; wherein said lower member further comprises a pair of coextensively shaped posts monolithically formed with said outside faces of said lower member, said posts having a hollow passageway formed therein and a centrally registered axis oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of said lower member, said posts further having apertures formed in distal ends thereof respectively and oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; wherein said open end of said extension abuts directly about said posts such that said closed end of said extension resiliently articulates to a plurality of positions above said upper member and thereby prohibited from pivoting below said lower member; wherein said upper member further comprises a plurality of curved flanges monolithically formed with outside faces of said upper member, said flanges having a vertically oriented groove formed therein and extending along an entire height of said upper member, said groove having an open face oriented toward the portion of the existing cart during operating conditions, said groove receiving and capturing said extension.