A trolley is provided for storing and transporting components. The trolley has a frame and a cover that can open or close. The frame has a base, rollers mounted on the bottom of the base, vertical supports extending from the top of the base, and one or more pairs of rails mounted in between adjacent vertical supports, each pair of rails being adapted to receive and support said components. The cover has a first side support that is hingeably mounted to the frame, a second side support, and cross members substantially parallel to one another and horizontally spaced apart, mounted between the first side support and the second side support. When the cover is open, components may be loaded by sliding them along a pair of rails or by lowering the components between a pair of rails. When the cover closed, loaded components are constrained from movement.
1. A trolley for storing and transporting one or more components, comprising:
a frame, comprising:
a base having a top and a bottom and a plurality of rollers mounted on the bottom of the base;
a plurality of vertical supports extending from the top of the base;
one or more pairs of rails mounted in between adjacent vertical supports, said one or more pairs of rails being mounted proximate a top end of the vertical supports, whereby each of said pairs of rails are adapted to receive and support one of said one or more components;
a cover having an open position and a closed position, comprising:
a first and second side supports, said first side support being hingeably mounted to a top of the frame;
a plurality of cross members substantially parallel to one another and horizontally spaced apart, mounted between said first side support and said second side support;
whereby when said cover is in said open position, said one or more components may be loaded by sliding one of said one or more components along one of said one or more pairs of rails or by lowering said one or more components between one of said one or more pairs of rails;
whereby when said cover is in said closed position, said one or more components are constrained from movement.
2. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the frame further comprises a pair of slotted cross pieces horizontally spaced apart, perpendicular to the first and second side supports of the cover, and positioned proximate opposite ends of the trolley, whereby the slots of the pair of cross pieces are adapted to receive a plurality of rollers, whereby when a first trolley is stacked on a second trolley, the pair of slotted cross pieces of the second truss and trolley assembly receives the rollers of the first trolley, preventing the rollers from any rolling or swiveling movement.
3. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein each rail of the one or more pairs of rails comprise a rail stopper, whereby when one of said one or more components are loaded onto the trolley by sliding said component along one of said one or more pairs of rails, said component is prevented by the rail stopper from further advancement along said pair of rails.
4. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein vertical movement of said one or more components is constrained by providing a plurality of first cover bushings.
5. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein horizontal movement of said one or more components is constrained by providing a plurality of second cover bushings.
6. The trolley of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second cover bushings are rectangular prisms.
7. The trolley of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second cover bushings are cylindrical.
8. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the trolley is further provided with a lock assembly for releasably securing the cover to the frame.
9. The trolley of claim 8 , wherein the lock assembly comprises one or more pins mounted to the cover, wherein each of the one or more pins have a corresponding aperture on the frame for receiving the one or more pins.
10. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein the trolley further comprising a plurality of horizontal supports mounted in between adjacent vertical supports, the horizontal supports being vertically spaced from the base of the trolley.
11. The trolley of claim 1 , wherein two of the vertical supports of the frame each comprise a coupler, and wherein a bottom of the second side support comprises couplers for detachably receiving the pair of couplers of the vertical supports of the frame.