Patent ID: 7992949

Claim:
A safety device on a mobile storage unit having a motive system including at least a pair of wheels driven by a drive shaft to move the storage unit, the device comprising: a) an actuating member adapted to be movably secured to the exterior of the mobile storage unit; b) a stopping member fixed to the drive shaft of the motive system; c) a braking device adapted to engage and cease the operation of the motive system for the mobile storage unit, the braking device including an engagement member adapted to engage the stopping member and halt the operation of the motive system for the storage unit and a biasing member engaged with the engagement member and operable to bias the engagement member away from the stopping member; and d) a connecting member operably connected between the actuating member and the braking device to move the engagement member into engagement with the stopping member fixed to the drive shaft of the motive system against the bias of the biasing member upon movement of the actuating member.