Multi-function rack structure for carrying a jack

• US 4,832,355 A
• Filed: 05/05/1988
• Issued: 05/23/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael Hung
• Original Assignee: Michael Hung
• Inventors: Hung, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mar, Michael
• Application Number:
  US07/190,652
• Time in Patent Office: 383 Days
• Field of Search: 108/144, 182/33, 248/188.2, D 6/350, D 6/353, D 6/335, D 6/336, D 3/30.5, 211/175, 211/187, 280/32.5, 280/32.6, 280/638, 280/35, 280/47.35, 280/47.38, 280/47.41, 280/79.1 A, 280/79.2
• US Class Current: 280/32.5
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/12 with storage compartments
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 1/14 with provision for adjusting the bench top
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 3/04 Racks
• CPC Class Codes: B25H 5/00 Tool, instrument or work supports or storage means used in association with vehicles; Workers' supports, e.g. mechanics' creepers collecting or removing exhaust gases in workshops B08B15/002; vehicle lifting devices, e.g. jacks, platforms or ramps B66F

Abstract

It is a multi-function rack structure for carrying a jack, and the rack mainly comprises a chassis, a seat and tool racks. The seat is fixed on one end of the chassis; the bottom of the chassis is provided with casters, while the top surface of the chassis is furnished with grooves in a specific arrangement. There is a sufficient space between the chassis and the seat for mounting a given type of jack. The grooves can also be used for holding repair tools. One side of the seat can be provided with a tool rack for holding necessary tools. By means of the aforesaid structure, a device can be formed for carryng a jack, be used as a tool and parts tray, a working rack, a stool or footstool, etc.

Claims

1. A multi-function rack structure for carrying a jack, comprising:

a chassis, detachable casters mounted on the bottom of said chassis, said chassis having a top surface having grooves therein for accommodating therein parts of a jack and related tools, a plurality of abutments on the top surface of said chassis extending upwardly therefrom from positions spaced around said top surface, said abutments each having a top end surface and fastening means on said top end surface, said top surface of said chassis further having plane surface areas thereon at corresponding sides of each of said abutments and having fastening means thereon;

a seat having a plurality of legs depending from the bottom thereof, one at a position corresponding to each of said abutments and each having a bottom plane surface with a planar shape for engaging the top end surface of a corresponding abutment or the plane surface area at the side of the corresponding abutment and each having a fastening means thereon which can be mated with the fastening means on said top end surface of a corresponding abutment or the plane surface area at the side of the corresponding abutment, whereby said seat can have the legs on the abutments to function as a high stool or can have the legs on the plane surface areas to function as a storage means for the jack or as a low stool.

2. A multi-function rack structure as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a tool rack mounted on said seat and extending laterally thereof for receiving and holding tools.

3. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 2 in which said tool rack is mounted along an upper side portion of said seat.

4. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 3 in which said seat has a plurality of holes spaced along the upper side portion, and said tool rack has a plurality of hooks therealong engagable in said holes for removably attaching said tool rack to said seat.

5. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 3 in which said tool rack has a plurality of hinges along the length thereof with a hinge plate extending upwardly therefrom and attached to the upper side portion of said seat, each hinge plate having a perpendicular piece at the top edge thereof extending outwardly from said seat and having a bead on the under side thereof, said tool rack being pivotable upwardly about said hinges and having the free end engagable under said beads on said perpendicular pieces for being held in the upwardly pivoted position for storage.

6. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 2 in which said tool rack has an inverted U-shape and has the opposite ends attached to adjacent legs adjacent the bottom plane surfaces thereof.