Patent ID: 6923468
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable width carriage for supporting and carrying containers of varying widths, the carriage comprising: a front and rear wheel assembly connected by a central connecting member; the front and rear wheel assemblies each having an axle housing having a shaft at a first and second end with a wheel rotating on the shaft at the first and second end; a right side upright support frame affixed to a top surface of the axle housing between the central connecting member and the first end of the axle housing and a left side upright support frame affixed to the axle housing between the central connecting member and the second end of the axle housing in the front and rear wheel assemblies; the upright support frames each having on a top surface multiple engagement ridges, the top surface terminating in side edges adapted to engage oppositely positioned C-channels on a movable planar platform; the movable planar platform having a top and bottom surface, the platform slidably mounted along the side edges of the support frame; and a latch portion of the platform having a bottom surface with an engagement spike complimentary to the engagement ridges on the top surface of the upright support frame so that upon lifting of the latch the spike disengages from the engagement ridges and movement of the planar platforms can be achieved by sliding the planar platforms in or out with respect to the central connecting member to accommodate containers of different widths resting on a top surface of the planar platform.