Patent ID: 8132819

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting articles between working locations, comprising: a base container having an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored, one or more rotatable ground engaging wheels mounted for rotation about an axis to provide rolling support for the apparatus; at least one removable container having (i) a container portion with an interior space in which articles to be transported can be stored, (ii) a lid pivotally connected to the container portion; (iii) a latch arrangement constructed to secure the lid in covering relation with respect to the container portion, and (iv) a carrying handle attached to the lid and that is manually graspable to enable carriage of the removable container; a container engaging region disposed above the base container; an automatic lock interacting between the at least one removable container and the container engaging region, the automatic lock including a latch member that moves from a first position to a second position to lock the at least one removable container to the container engaging region in response to the at least one removable container being engaged with the container engaging region, the automatic lock being releasable so that the at least one removable container can be released from the container engaging region to enable the at least one removable container to be carried by the carrying handle and transported separately from the base container; and a manually engageable pulling handle, the pulling handle and the one or more ground engaging wheels being arranged to enable a user to manually pull the pulling handle generally rearwardly so as to tilt the apparatus rearwardly to a tilted rolling movement position, thereby enabling the user to roll the apparatus to a desired location by pushing or pulling the pulling handle in a desired direction.