IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,286,943
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US 10,286,943 · App. 15/963,961 · Granted May 14, 2019

Material handling device

Inventors: Drew A. Greenblatt (Potomac, MD); Wesley Chan (Columbia, MD); Andrew Montgomery (Laurel, MD); Richard Bates (Baltimore, MD); Kendall Browning (Gambrills, MD)
Assignee: MARLIN STEEL WIRE PRODUCTS LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,286,943
App. No.
15/963,961
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A material handling device is provided. The material handling device includes a bottom, a frame, a wall, an a plurality of wheels. The bottom includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The frame includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The wall surrounds the bottom and the frame, and includes an inner surface, an outer surface and an inner shelf attached to a lower portion of the inner surface. The inner surface includes an upper surface attached to a portion of the lower surface of the bottom, and a lower surface attached to a portion of the upper surface of the frame. Each wheel is attached to the lower surface of the frame.

Claims (24)

1. A material handling device, comprising:

a bottom including an upper surface and a lower surface;

a frame including an upper surface and a lower surface;

a wall, surrounding the bottom and the frame, including:

an inner surface,

an outer surface, and

an inner shelf, attached to a lower portion of the inner surface, including:

an upper surface attached to a portion of the lower surface of the bottom, and

a lower surface attached to a portion of the upper surface of the frame; and

a plurality of wheels, each wheel attached to the lower surface of the frame.

2. The material handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom is round, the wall is round, and the frame is rectangular.

3. The material handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom is flattened expanded steel, and the wall is steel.

4. The material handling device according to claim 3 , wherein the frame includes a plurality of steel tubes arranged in a grid pattern.

5. The material handling device according to claim 4 , wherein the portion of the lower surface of the bottom is welded to the upper surface of the inner shelf, the portion of the upper surface of the frame is welded to the lower surface of the inner shelf, and the plurality of steel tubes are welded together to form the frame.

6. The material handling device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of rubber strips disposed on the upper surface of the bottom.

7. The material handling device according to claim 6 , wherein each rubber strip is attached to one of the steel tubes of the frame and to the inner shelf of the wall.

8. The material handling device according to claim 7 , wherein each rubber strip is attached using countersunk flat head screws.

9. The material handling device according to claim 7 , wherein each rubber strip is attached using plastic cable ties.

10. The material handling device according to claim 1 , further comprising an eye bolt attached to, and depending from, the lower surface of the inner shelf.

11. The material handling device according to claim 10 , wherein the eye bolt is welded to the lower surface of the inner shelf.

12. The material handling device according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of retractable ratchet straps attached to the outer surface of the wall.

13. The material handling device according to claim 12 , wherein each retractable ratchet strap includes a ratchet mechanism, a retractable strap and an S biner.

14. The material handling device according to claim 1 , wherein the wheels are swivel caster wheels.

15. The material handling device according to claim 1 , wherein a lower portion of the wall includes a cut out region.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2026
From: MARLIN STEEL WIRE PRODUCTS LLC
To: ATLANTIC UNION BANK
Reel/Frame 075339/0855 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2018
From: GREENBLATT, DREW A; CHAN, WESLEY; MONTGOMERY, ANDREW; BATES, RICHARD; BROWNING, KENDALL
To: MARLIN STEEL WIRE PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 045672/0788 →
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