Patent ID: 8628099

Claim:
A wheel mount assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly to a wheeled object, said wheel mount assembly comprising: an outwardly projecting wheel mount connector on said wheeled object; a wheel mount having a mounting cavity shaped and configured to receive said wheel mount connector therein, said wheel mount configured to cooperatively engage said wheel mount connector so as to releasably attach said wheel mount to said wheeled object, said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount configured for twist-and-lock engagement, said wheel assembly attached to or integral with said wheel mount; and securing means interconnecting said wheel mount connector and said wheel mount for removably securing said wheel mount to said wheel mount connector, said securing means comprising an elongated spring member, a guide member and an engagement member on said wheel mount and a cut-out section in said wheel mount connector, a first end of said spring member attached to said wheel mount, a second end of said spring member attached to or integral with said guide member, said engagement member sized and configured to be received in said cut-out section, said spring member configured to bias said engagement member into said cut-out section.