Patent ID: 7040610

Claim:
A hand held apparatus for affixing a push nut to each end of an elongated axle rod of a wheeled rollout cart, where the push nuts include a cap for receiving the end of the axle rod, an annular flange extended around the cap and a tooth formed between the cap and the flange that restrictively engages the axle rod when pressed onto the axle rod, the apparatus comprising: an elongated frame having a first end and a second end; an extensible ram mounted below the frame at the first end for movement between an extended position and a retracted position, an abutment part selectively mounted below the frame adjacent the second frame end at one of a plurality of discrete positions along the frame such that the abutment part is opposed to and spaced from the ram for receiving the axle rod longitudinally therebetween; a fitting mounted to the end of the ram for receiving one of the push nuts therein; means for reciprocating the ram from the retracted position to the extended position to axially press the push nut received in the fitting onto the axle rod longitudinally aligned between the abutment part and the ram; and a first wheel chock and a second wheel chock, each of the first wheel chock and the second wheel chock providing means for positioning and seating the apparatus atop a wheel of the cart over the axle so that the axle rod is longitudinally aligned between the ram and the abutment part, the first wheel chock mounted to the frame between the ram and the abutment part, the second wheel chock mounted to the abutment part such that the second wheel chock may be adjustably positioned relative to the first wheel chock.