Bucket dolly

• US RE37,350 E1
• Filed: 11/19/1997
• Issued: 09/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Stephan, Gerard A.
• Original Assignee: Stephan, Gerard A.
• Inventors: Stephan, Gerard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Camby, Richard M.
• Application Number:
  US08/974,409
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• Field of Search: 280/79.5, 280/35, 280/47.34, 280/79.11, 280/87.01, 16/47, 248/346.1, 220/DIG.1, 244/86
• US Class Current: 280/79.5
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2202/028 Buckets
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 2203/44 Clamping or supporting circumferentially
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 5/0083 Wheeled supports connected to the transported object

Abstract

The present invention includes a dolly with an upwardly extending edge about 3 to 5 inches high, that generally conforms to the size of a standard five gallon bucket. The purpose of the invention is to be able to push around whatever materials one is working with, without having to pick the bucket up to move it. The upwardly extending edge on the dolly prevents the bucket from tipping as it is being pushed or pulled. Also, additional wheels can be added to distribute the weight load more evenly, and the wheels can be raised or lowered to lower the center of gravity, to help avoid tipping of the bucket within the dolly. The dolly can be used by a person sealing a driveway with a five gallon pail bucket. Painters or spacklers can also benefit from the bucket dolly. Spacklers can stack pails on top of each other as they normally do so that they can reach into the uppermost pail and move their materials around without reaching down and getting down out of their elevated stilts or scaffolds.

Claims

1. A bucket dolly in combination with a bucket comprising:

an open upwardly extending container comprising an upwardly extending solid annular outer wall with an inner extending horizontal ledge for supporting the bottom of said bucket and forming a circular opening under said bucket;

a plurality of elongated bars extending fully across said opening for stabilizing said dolly without adding significant weight thereto;

means mounted on the outside of an extending outwardly from the outer surface of said annular wall for supporting wheeled members below the bottom of said dolly to permit said dolly and bucket contained therein to be wheeled around without tipping; and

means mounted on the inside of and extending inwardly from the inner surface of said annular wall for clamping said bucket against movement with respect to said dolly, said clamping means including a hand operated member extending through said annular wall to permit tightening of said clamping means from outside of said annular wall.

2. A bucket dolly in combination with a bucket comprising:

3. A bucket dolly in combination with a bucket comprising: