Rack and handbarrow for carrying spools of wire

• US 5,330,120 A
• Filed: 01/26/1993
• Issued: 07/19/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Norman P. Tussing
• Original Assignee: Norman P. Tussing
• Inventors: Tussing, Norman P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Jillions, John M.
• Application Number:
  US08/009,838
• Time in Patent Office: 539 Days
• Field of Search: 242/96, 242/86.5 R, 242/85, 242/129, 242/129.5, 242/130, 242/134, 242/139, 242/141, 242/131, 211/59.2, D 8/358, D 8/359, 280/47.19, 280/47.35
• US Class Current: 242/588.2
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/32 Stands or frameworks
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/38 Skips, cages, racks, or containers, adapted solely for the transport or storage of bobbins, cops, or the like

Abstract

A wire rack holding up to eight twelve-pound spools of wire and provided with handles on outboard ends of the rack for carrying the loaded rack by hand to and from a work site. The rack is constructed from metal rod stock and is conveniently stored out of the way on a wall or on a bulkhead in a work vehicle.

Claims

1. A handbarrow, comprising:

a frame adapted to carry spools of wire and dispense wire therefrom, the frame including

a generally planar base having

a first longitudinal side member,

a second longitudinal side member opposite the first side member,

a first end,

a second end opposite the first end,

a first handle at the first end of the base, and

a second handle at the second end of the base, the first and second handles defining, respectively, first and second cross members between the longitudinal side members of the base, the frame further including

a stanchion affixed to the base and disposed between the longitudinal side members of the base, and

a spindle affixed at its proximal end to the stanchion and projecting in cantilever fashion from the stanchion above the base and in spaced relation with the base, the spindle being adapted to receive a spool of wire journaled thereon, the handles being disposed in transverse relation to the spindle, whereby the base of the frame can be grasped by the handles, one in each hand, and carried by a person.

2. The rack according to claim 1, wherein end portions of each longitudinal side member bend downward forming feet supporting the base of the rack above a surface on which the rack rests.

3. The rack according to claim 1 wherein the stanchion comprises an inverted U-shaped element having ends each affixed to one of the longitudinal side members.

4. The rack according to claim 1 further comprising the stanchion centrally disposed between the handles, and a second spindle coaxial with the first spindle, the second spindle being affixed at its proximal end to the stanchion, the second spindle projecting in cantilever fashion from the stanchion above the base and in spaced relation with the base, the second spindle being adapted to receive a spool of wire journaled thereon.

5. In a rack for carrying spools of wire and for dispensing wire therefrom, the rack being formed from metal rod stock and having a generally planar base of generally rectangular shape with longitudinal side members, a stanchion affixed to the base, the stanchion defining a first cross member disposed between the longitudinal side members, and a spindle affixed at its proximal end to the stanchion, the spindle projecting in cantilever fashion from the stanchion in spaced relation with the base for receiving spools of wire journaled thereon, the improvement comprising:

a handle at a first end of the base, and

a second handle at a second end of the base opposite the first end, the handles disposed in transverse relation to the spindle and defining cross members of the base at the ends thereof, whereby the rack can be grasped by the handles, one in each hand, and carried by a person.

6. The rack according to claim 5 wherein end portions of each longitudinal side member bend downward forming feet supporting the base of the rack above a surface on which the rack rests.

7. The rack according to claim 5 wherein the stanchion comprises an inverted U-shaped element having ends each affixed to one of the longitudinal side members.

8. The rack according to claim 5 further comprising the stanchion centrally disposed between the handles, and a second spindle coaxial with the first spindle, the second spindle being affixed at its proximal end to the stanchion, the second spindle projecting in cantilever fashion from the stanchion in spaced relation with the base for receiving spools of wire journaled thereon.

9. A handbarrow for carrying spools of wire and for dispensing wire therefrom, comprising:

a rack formed from metal rod stock, the rack having

a base with coplanar longitudinal side members, a first cross member between the longitudinal side members, the first cross member defining a handle at a first end of the base, and a second cross member between the longitudinal side members, the second cross member defining a second handle at an end of the base opposite the first end, each of the longitudinal side members having end portions which bend downward to form feet supporting the base of the rack above a surface on which the rack rests;

an inverted U-shaped element defining a stanchion and having ends each affixed to one of the longitudinal side members of the base, the stanchion being centrally disposed between the ends of the base;

a first pair of spindles, each affixed at a proximal end thereof to the centrally disposed stanchion and projecting in opposite directions in cantilever fashion from the stanchion toward the respective ends of the base, the first pair of spindles being spaced apart from the base for receiving spools of wire journaled thereon; and

a second pair of spindle, each affixed at a proximal end thereof to the centrally disposed stanchion and projecting in opposite directions in cantilever fashion from the stanchion toward the respective ends of the base, the second pair of spindles being spaced apart laterally from the first pair of spindles and vertically from the base for receiving spools of wire journaled thereon, whereby the rack can be grasped by the handles, one in each hand, and carried by a person.