Patent ID: 6068356
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: A47B

Abstract:
A multipurpose food service trolley, of the type with parallelepid cabinet with closed lateral walls, end doors and a pair of support surfaces on its upper face separated by a central opening, mounted on wheels and provided at the front and at the rear end with guide handle, wherein said cabinet comprises:a pair of sliding bottoms; and internally,a prismatic container, whose height equals that of said cabinet, open at the top, provided in said central opening to divide the interior of the cabinet in two chambers;multiple sliding support elements in each of said chambers, presenting, on the inner side of each lateral wall, a support frame with multiple levels for said sliding support elements; wherein said support frame comprises a plurality of first horizontal strips, fastened on at least one vertical upright, and a large handle, passing through said lateral wall and loaded elastically by at least a pair of compression-operated springs fastened between said at least one upright and said lateral wall, for manual translation of said sliding support elements to a location within an opposite cavity of the respective lateral wall, between a position wherein said strips project inwards from said lateral wall and a position wherein they are flush with said wall.