Forced extension caster assembly
View Patent ↗A novel caster assembly with a horizontally orientated arm is attached to a base plate of a rack during a travel state and a stored state. A leveling foot with a flat portion and a non-flat portion is inserted through a slot on the arm and a hole on the base plate such that during the travel state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a fully extended position, and during the stored state, the horizontal orientated arm is in a non- extended position.
1. A method of supporting a rack in a stored state and a travel state, the rack having a base plate, the base plate having a hole and a tube, the method comprising:
sliding a caster assembly having a horizontally oriented arm into the tube, the horizontally oriented arm having a slot;
inserting a leveling foot having a flat portion and a non-flat portion through the slot and the hole such that during the travel state, the horizontally oriented arm is in a fully extended position and the non-flat portion of the foot engages a first end of the slot,
and during the stored state, the horizontally oriented arm is in a non-extended position and the flat portion of the foot is positioned at a second end of the slot.