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Detachable caster wheel assembly having a flange and bolt mechanism

  • US 4,719,663 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1986
  • Issued: 01/19/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An assembly for detachably mounting a caster wheel to the underside of a structure, said assembly comprising:

  • an elongated, channel-shaped mounting bracket fixedly secured to the underside of the structure, said mounting bracket including a first pair of linearly aligned mounting slots extending across said bracket and having a first surface therebetween and a second pair of linearly aligned mounting slots extending across said bracket, said first and second pairs of mounting slots formed in transverse parallel alignment, a first throughbore formed in said bracket adjacent the first surface;

    an integral caster plate having a first pair of integral flange members formed perpendicular to said caster plate along a first edge of said plate and having a second surface therebetween and a second pair of integral L-shaped flange members formed along a second opposite edge of said plate, said first flange members cooperating with said first mounting slots and said second flange members cooperating with said second mounting slots to detachably secured said caster plate in adjacent flush relation to said mounting bracket, said L-shaped flange members including an outwardly extending portion disposed parallel to said caster plate which underlies and abuts said mounting bracket upon insertion into said second mounting slots upon assembly, a second throughbore formed in said caster plate adjacent said second surface, said first and second throughbores being aligned with each other after assembly;

    a caster wheel pivotably and rotatably mounted to said caster plate; and

    means for fixedly securing said caster plate to said mounting bracket, said means including at least one mounting bolt which extends through said aligned throughbores.

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