Patent ID: 6283698
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B62B,Y10T

Abstract:
A moving system for moving a heavy load of the order of hundreds of pounds, which load has its own wheels, comprising:at least one, longitudinally extended, platform, dolly section capable of carrying the heavy load on its upper surface having side edges and an end edge and an underside;at least three heavy duty, swiveled, caster wheels on the underside of said platform section capable of carrying the platform section with its heavy load across the floor, at least one of said caster wheels being lockable in a straight ahead position preventing it from swiveling;a foot actuated mechanism located on the underside of said platform section and associated with the lockable one of said caster wheels, said foot actuated mechanism including a moveable lever arm connected to a spring biased latch and extending out adjacent to one edge of said platform section, the movement of said lever arm under the action of the user's foot causing said one of said caster wheels to become latched preventing swiveling and unlatched allowing swiveling, depending on the direction of movement of said lever arm; andan end ramp section hingedly connected by a hinge to one end of said platform section and being moveable from an upwardly extended disposition down to a floor contacting, ramping disposition for rolling the heavy load up it unto said platform section, said end ramp section including at least one elastic, flexible, elongated member extending from an upper portion of said ramp section to a lower portion, said elastic member biasing said ramp section in an upward disposition when it is raised up.