Machine for transporting equipment

• US 6,059,299 A
• Filed: 06/14/1999
• Issued: 05/09/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Loval M. Rust
• Original Assignee: Loval M. Rust
• Inventors: Rust, Loval M.
• Primary Examiner(s): MAR, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US09/332,386
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 414/446, 414/444, 280/35, 280/47.12, 280/47.131, 280/47.23, 280/47.24, 280/47.21, 280/63, 280/47.17
• US Class Current: 280/47.131
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0083 Wheeled supports connected to the transported object

Abstract

A machine for transporting equipment with a curved body for receiving a troweling machine and mating with the machine along its curved edge, two wheels mounted to the body for movement of the body, and an attachment mounted on the body for selective attachment of the body to the troweling machine. A preferred embodiment includes an axle connecting the wheels and a body that is a curved portion of a circle for mating with a troweling machine. Another preferred embodiment has a body with an angled support for mating with the edge of the troweling machine and a pivotally mounted latch for attachment of the equipment to the body.

Claims

1. A dolly for transporting a troweling machine having a frame formed by a circular base ring, the dolly comprising:

a semi-circular frame member having two free end portions;

a pair of support plates attached to a lower edge of the semi-circular frame member proximate the pair of free end portions, the pair of supports plates extending inwardly relative to an outer surface of the semi-circular frame member, the semi-circular frame member and the pair of support plates adapted to assume a substantially horizontal orientation when the dolly is in a transport position;

a pair of support members, each support member having a first end rigidly connected to a bottom surface of a respective one of the pair of support plates and extending downwardly in a perpendicular manner relative to the semi-circular frame member when the dolly is in the transport position;

a pair of wheels rotatably attached to respective second ends of the pair of support members for rotation about a common rotational axis; and

a pivotal latch connected to a central portion of the semi-circular frame member and extending upwardly therefrom when the dolly is in the transport position, wherein the pivotal latch is adapted to be attached to the circular base ring of the troweling machine and the semi-circular frame member is pivoted below the base ring to the transport position with the base ring being supported on the pair of support plates and the rotational axis of the pair of wheels being positioned substantially under a center of the base ring.

2. A dolly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an axle extending through the second ends of the pair of support members, the axle having outer ends connected to the pair of wheels.

3. A dolly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the axle is made of steel tubing.

4. A dolly for transporting a troweling machine having a frame formed by a circular base ring, the dolly comprising:

a semi-circular frame member having two free end portions;

an inner support lip extending along a lower edge of the semi-circular frame member, the semi-circular frame member and the inner support lip adapted to assume a substantially horizontal orientation when the dolly is in a transport position;

a pair of support members, each support member having a first end rigidly connected to a bottom surface of the inner support lip proximate a respective free end portion of the semicircular frame member and extending downwardly in a perpendicular manner relative to the semicircular frame member when the dolly is in the transport position;

a pair of wheels rotatably attached to respective second ends of the pair of support members for rotation about a common rotational axis; and

a pivotal latch connected to a central portion of the semi-circular frame member and extending upwardly therefrom when the dolly is in the transport position, wherein the pivotal latch is adapted to be attached to the circular base ring of the troweling machine and the semi-circular frame member is pivoted below the base ring to the transport position with the base ring being supported on the inner support lip and the rotational axis of the pair of wheels being positioned substantially under a center of the base ring.

5. A dolly as claimed in claim 4, further comprising an axle extending through the second ends of the pair of support members, the axle having outer ends connected to the pair of wheels.

6. A dolly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the axle is made of steel tubing.