Patent ID: 8061723

Claim:
A vertically extendable equipment apparatus comprising: a platform; a container supported by said platform; a handle mechanism operatively affixed to said platform; a plurality of rollers or wheels affixed to one side of said platform, thereby allowing the apparatus to roll in a variety of directions when the platform is tilted toward said rollers or wheels; wherein said container is capable of being selectively affixed along said handle such as to present said container in a vertically elevated position; wherein said container is affixed at a lower, outer sidewall to a support brace via a rigid mechanical connection; and said brace slidingly travels vertically on a pair of parallel lower handle rails that are part of said handle mechanism; and wherein said brace forms a pair of tubular collars, a flexible locking flange formed between said tubular collars, said flexible locking flange formed of an extended tab or living hinge that can lockingly engage with an upper connection tie that terminates and retains upper ends of the lower handle rails.