IP Library Granted Patent US 10,583,850
Granted Patent B1
US 10,583,850 · App. 16/124,462 · Granted Mar 10, 2020

Large cargo dolly

Inventor: John Pospicil (Huntsville, AL)
B62B1/20B62B1/26B62B5/06B62B2202/80
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Patent No.
US 10,583,850
App. No.
16/124,462
Granted
Mar 10, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

A large cargo dolly has a first central tube and a cross bar integral with and perpendicular to the first central tube. The cross bar has a hollow first end and a hollow second end. Further, the large cargo dolly has a first moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than a circumference of the cross bar, and the first moveable tube moveably is coupled within the hollow first end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a first wheel. The first moveable tube is adjustable to fit a size of cargo placed on the first central tube and the cross bar, and the first wheel is configured to automatically adjust when the first moveable tube is adjusted. The large cargo dolly also has a second moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than the circumference of the cross bar, and the second moveable tube is moveably coupled within the hollow second end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a second wheel. Furthermore, the second moveable tube is adjustable to fit the size of the cargo placed on the first central tube and the cross bar, and the first wheel is configured to automatically adjust when the second moveable tube is adjusted.

Claims (26)

1. A large cargo dolly, comprising:

a first central tube;

a second central tube slidably coupled on a first end to a first end of the first central tube, the second central tube directly connected on a second end to a first end of a vertically extending tube that extends at an obtuse angle directly from the second end of the second central tube and wherein the vertically extending tube does not extend vertically below the second central tube;

only one cross bar integral with, flush with, and perpendicular to the first central tube, the cross bar having a hollow first end and a hollow second end so that cargo sits evenly on the only one cross bar and the first central tube;

a first moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than a circumference of the cross bar, the first moveable tube moveably coupled within the hollow first end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a first wheel, the first moveable tube configured to be adjusted to fit a size of cargo placed on the first central tube and the cross bar, and the first wheel is configured to automatically adjust when the first moveable tube is adjusted, the first moveable tube comprising a first locking mechanism for securing the first moveable tube to the cross tube at varying distances from the first central tube;

a second moveable tube having a circumference that is smaller than the circumference of the cross bar, the second moveable tube moveably coupled within the hollow second end of the cross bar and fixedly coupled to a second wheel, the second moveable tube configured to be adjusted to fit the size of the cargo placed on the first central tube and the cross bar, and the first wheel is configured to automatically adjust when the second moveable tube is adjusted, the second moveable tube comprising a second locking mechanism for securing the second moveable tube to the cross tube at varying distances from the first central tube.

2. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the angled tube is coupled on a second end to a handle that is perpendicular to the second end of the angled tube.

3. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the first central tube has side openings and the end of the second central tube has side openings.

4. The large cargo dolly of claim 3 , further comprising a hitch pin that fits within the side openings of the first central tube and the side ends of the second central tube when the first central tube side openings are aligned with the second central tube side openings.

5. The large cargo dolly of claim 4 , further comprising a hitch pin that is inserted in a hitch pin opening to secure the first central tube to the second central tube.

6. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , further comprising a first stop fixedly coupled to the first moveable tube such that when the first moveable tube is adjusted, the first stop is automatically adjusted to secure cargo.

7. The large cargo dolly of claim 6 , further comprising a second stop fixedly coupled to the second moveable tube such that when the second moveable tube is adjusted, the second stop is automatically adjusted to secure cargo.

8. The large cargo dolly of claim 7 , wherein the first stop and the second stop are substantially rectangular.

9. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the first moveable tube comprises one or more side openings and the cross tube comprises one or more side openings.

10. The large cargo dolly of claim 9 , further comprising a hitch pin inserted into one of the side openings of the first moveable tube and one of the side openings of the cross tube when one of the first moveable tube side openings is aligned with one of the cross tube side openings.

11. The large cargo dolly of claim 10 , further comprising a clip that is inserted in an opening of the hitch pin to couple the first moveable tube to the cross tube.

12. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the second moveable tube comprises one or more side openings and the cross tube comprises one or more side openings.

13. The large cargo dolly of claim 12 , further comprising a hitch pin inserted into one of the side openings of the second moveable tube and one of the side openings of the cross tube when one of the second moveable tube side openings is aligned with one of the cross bar side openings.

14. The large cargo dolly of claim 13 , further comprising a clip that is inserted in an opening of the hitch pin to couple the second moveable tube to the cross tube.

15. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the first moveable tube is fixedly coupled to a first stop and a first axle, and the first wheel is rotatably coupled to the first axle.

16. The large cargo dolly of claim 15 , wherein when the first moveable tube is adjusted, the first stop, the first axle, and the first wheel are adjusted.

17. The large cargo dolly of claim 16 , wherein the second moveable tube is fixedly coupled to a second stop and a second axle, and a second wheel is rotatably coupled to the second axle.

18. The large cargo dolly of claim 17 , wherein when the first moveable tube is adjusted, the second stop, the second axle, and the second wheel are adjusted.

19. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the first central bar is sized to extend past the cross bar for providing additional support of cargo resting on the first central bar and the cross bar.

20. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the first end of the second central tube slidably couples on the first end of the first central tube such that the coupling is substantially central between the second end of the second tube and a second end of the first tube so that the large cargo dolly may be taken apart into two sections for storage.

21. The large cargo dolly of claim 1 , wherein the second end of the first central tube does not extend at a right angle vertically upward.

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