Patent ID: 6471236
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A multimode cart for transporting items across a surface, comprising:a substantially rigid and generally planar frame formed with a handle and oppositely disposed main wheels and a pivot cage therebetween; a brake assembly attached to the frame proximate to at least one of the wheels and operative to releasbly engage at least one of the wheels to prevent rotation; a generally planar base assembly connected to the frame with a sliding pivot received in the pivot cage, an articulating scissor bar, and end slide couplings at the upper end of the scissor bar, the base assembly adapted to move thereby between a nested position substantially coplanar with the frame and an extended position generally orthogonal with the frame, the base assembly including an interconnection assembly disposed about the base assembly and at one end auxiliary wheels adapted to cooperate with the main wheels; a capture device slidably carried by the base assembly and adapted latch to the frame when in the nested position; and a material handling adapter releasably attached to the cart by the interconnect assembly.