Patent ID: 6811163
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
Cabinet component transport apparatus defining an interior and employable as a discrete module for transporting a plurality of separate cabinet components, including elongated cabinet components, by truck and for conveying the cabinet components to and from trucks used to transport the cabinet components, said cabinet component transport apparatus comprising, in combination:a base having a periphery of rectangular configuration and including four base sides; wheels projecting downwardly from said base for supporting said base; four side panels extending upwardly from said four base sides; first connector means releasably connecting said four side panels to one another; second connector means releasably connecting said four side panels to said base, each of said side panels being selectively wholly removable from the other three of said side panels and said base to obtain access to the interior of said apparatus, with the remaining three side panels connected to said base forming a self-supporting structure, whereby an individual can selectively obtain access to the interior of said cabinet component transport apparatus from any one of the four sides thereof, said base including a primary base section having an upper surface located above the tops of said wheels for supporting selected cabinet components and a secondary base section adjacent to said primary base section having an upper surface disposed below the level of said primary base section upper surface and positioned below the level of the tops of said wheels; parallel trough walls interconnecting and extending upwardly from said secondary base section to said primary base section, said trough walls and said secondary base section defining an open topped, elongated, double-ended trough for receiving and supporting elongated cabinet components and supporting said elongated cabinet components on end, one of said base sides being partially comprised of said open topped trough; and an elongated rail connected to said base and extending along the length of said open topped, elongated trough parallel to said trough walls to reinforce said base and said open topped trough, the ends of said trough spaced inwardly from two opposed base sides disposed orthogonally to the base side at least partially comprised of said open topped, elongated trough, said primary base section including spaced extensions located between said open topped, elongated trough and said two opposed base sides, said open topped, elongated trough located between two of said wheels and said elongated rail extending beyond the ends of said trough and attached to said spaced extensions to provide stabilizing support for one of said side panels.