Patent ID: 8814535
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
1. An air compressor assembly comprising: a support structure including a pair of frame members, each frame member having a rearward facing section and upper and lower sections extending from said rearward facing section in a forward direction, said rearward facing sections defining a back portion of said support structure, said upper and lower sections defining a top and side portions of said support structure; a handle attached to said support structure at the back portion of the support structure; a pair of wheels rotatably attached to said support structure at opposing positions proximate said side portions, said wheels being rotatable about a rotational axis extending across said support structure in a direction substantially perpendicular to said forward direction; at least one fluid tank having a tank longitudinal axis defined therein, said at least one fluid tank being secured to said support structure with said tank longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said rotational axis of said wheels, wherein the rotational axis of the wheels is positioned along said lower sections between said handle and said at least one fluid tank in said forward direction; a compressor mechanism secured to said support structure and positioned in between the handle and the at least one fluid tank, said compressor mechanism having a housing with a dimension longest along a compressor longitudinal axis defined therein and being oriented on said support structure between said side portions with said compressor longitudinal axis extending in the forward direction and substantially perpendicular to said tank longitudinal axis; and wherein the air compressor assembly is pivotable about said rotational axis of said wheels to a transport position in which the air compressor is supported only by said wheels so as to be movable.