Patent ID: 7891478

Claim:
A moveable coin bin assembly for collecting and transporting a volume of coins, the moveable coin bin assembly comprising: a coin bin housing for containing a volume of coins, the coin bin housing being supported by a wheel assembly for movement; a handle assembly including an elongated handle having an upper end portion for gripping and a lower extending portion leading to a lower end portion; and the handle assembly further comprising a latching and retaining mechanism extending forwardly from the lower end portion of the handle assembly; the handle assembly including a wheel mounted to the lower end portion of the handle assembly and positioned behind the latching and retaining mechanism; wherein the wheel provides a rolling motion for the handle assembly along a floor surface in which the wheel assembly supporting the coin bin housing is engaged by the latching and retaining mechanism; wherein after the wheel assembly has been first engaged by the latching and retaining mechanism, the handle assembly including the wheel is liftable in an upward direction off the floor surface and is then moveable in a downward direction to actuate the latching portion of the latching and retaining mechanism to secure the latching and retaining mechanism to the wheel assembly; and wherein the wheel assembly includes a linking element that is mounted for sliding underneath the coin bin housing, wherein the latching and retaining mechanism is coupled to a pin on the slideable linking element by a first hook that pivots around a second hook retained by a stationary pin on the wheel assembly; and wherein the linking element is slideable from a non-braking position to a braking position in response to pivoting of the handle assembly, with the coin bin housing being lowered into a braking position where a weight of the coin bin housing rests on at least one pair of wheels in the wheel assembly.