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Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,378 · App. 18/976,812 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Foldable cart

Inventor: Xiaojun Liang (Taizhou, CN)
B62B3/02B62B3/004
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Patent No.
US 12,365,378
App. No.
18/976,812
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable cart comprises a cart body, wherein the cart body comprises a middle frame, end plates, a folding side plate, a cover plate and a bottom plate, castors are arranged at the bottoms of the middle frame and the end plate, and the folding side plate is connected to two sides of the middle frame through the end plate. The folding side plate greatly reduces the occupied space; a buckle and a clamping slot ensure the stability of the folded cart body; the bottom plate is locked through a positioning buckle after being turned over; a middle frame carrier rod is removably installed on the top of the middle frame through a button buckle; a metal strengthening rod ensures the structural strength of the middle frame carrier rod, supports the middle frame more stably, and ensures the overall structural strength of the cart body.

Claims (10)

1. A foldable cart, comprising a cart body ( 1 ), and characterized in that the cart body ( 1 ) comprises a middle frame ( 11 ), end plates ( 12 ), a folding side plate ( 13 ), a cover plate ( 14 ) and a bottom plate ( 15 ), castors ( 18 ) are arranged at the bottoms of the middle frame ( 11 ) and the end plate ( 12 ), and the folding side plate ( 13 ) is connected to two sides of the middle frame ( 11 ) through the end plate ( 12 ), the cover plate ( 14 ) is arranged on the tops of the middle frame ( 11 ), the end plate ( 12 ) and the folding side plate ( 13 ), the bottom plate ( 15 ) is arranged at the bottoms of the middle frame ( 11 ), the end plate ( 12 ) and the folding side plate ( 13 ), a middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ) is removably connected to the top of the middle frame ( 11 ), and a metal strengthening rod ( 113 ) is arranged inside the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 );

storage slots A ( 121 ) are arranged inside one of the end plates ( 12 ) and inside the middle frame ( 11 ) for storing the bottom plate ( 15 ) after being turned over, and at least two guide rails ( 112 ) respectively located on both sides of the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ) are also arranged inside the middle frame ( 11 ) for storing the removed cover plate ( 14 );

the folding side plate ( 13 ) comprises a side plate A ( 131 ) and a side plate B ( 132 ), and the opposite ends of the side plate A ( 131 ) and the side plate B ( 132 ) are hinged with each other, and the reverse ends of the side plate A ( 131 ) and the side plate B ( 132 ) are hinged with the end plate ( 12 ) and the middle frame ( 11 ) respectively.

2. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that button buckles ( 114 ) are arranged at both ends of the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ), the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ) is movably clamped with the top of the middle frame ( 11 ) through the button buckles ( 114 ), and one end of the button buckle ( 114 ) extends to the top of the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ).

3. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that a positioning buckle ( 1211 ) is arranged inside the storage slot A ( 121 ) for seizing the bottom plate ( 15 ) after being turned over.

4. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that a cover plate ( 14 ) frame is arranged outside the cover plate ( 14 ), and support rods ( 17 ) for supporting the cover plate ( 14 ) are arranged on the side plate A ( 131 ), the side plate B ( 132 ), the middle frame carrier rod ( 11 ) and the end plate ( 12 ).

5. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that a storage slot B ( 122 ) and a cup holder ( 123 ) located inside the storage slot B ( 122 ) are arranged on one side of one of the end plates ( 12 ), and a cup tray ( 124 ) is movably arranged inside the cup holder ( 123 ).

6. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that an access window ( 133 ) is hinged inside the side plate A ( 131 ), a latch B ( 134 ) is arranged inside one end of the access window ( 133 ) away from the hinged end, one end of the latch B ( 134 ) is inserted into the side plate A ( 131 ), and a handle slot ( 135 ) is also arranged on one side of the side plate A ( 131 ).

7. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that buckles ( 19 ) are hinged on both sides of the middle frame ( 11 ) and both sides of one end plate ( 12 ), and clamping slots ( 2 ) are arranged on both sides of the other end plate ( 12 ) and both sides of the middle frame ( 11 ).

8. The foldable cart according to claim 1 , characterized in that a plurality of crisscrossed reinforcing ribs ( 152 ) are arranged at the bottom of the bottom plate ( 15 ) and on one side of the side plate A ( 131 ) and the side plate B ( 132 ), buckle plates ( 136 ) with one end extending to the bottom of the side plate A ( 131 ) are arranged at the bottoms of the side plate A ( 131 ) and the side plate B ( 132 ), and a clamping block ( 151 ) with one end inserted into the buckle plate ( 136 ) is arranged at the bottom of the bottom plate ( 15 ).

Priority Claims (1)
CN 202422742276.9 · Nov 8, 2024 · national
Continuity (1)
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