Brake apparatus for carts

Claim 1

CART APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A WHEEL SUPPORTED LOAD CARRYING BODY; (B) A FRAME SECURED AT ONE END OF SAID BODY AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; (C) A GENERALLY U-SHAPED HANDLE HAVING ITS END PORTIONS SPACED A DISTANCE THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF SAID BODY, WITH SAID END PORTIONS BEING PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID FRAME AT THE UPPER REGION THEREOF FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS; (D) A PAIR OF CONNECTING RODS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATION AND EACH HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID HANDLE ON THE OUTER SIDE THEREOF ADJACENT A RESPECTIVE END PORTION THEREOF AND INWARDLY OF THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID HANDLE, AND WITH SAID CONNECTING RODS DEPENDING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY FROM SAID HANDLE; (E) A PAIR OF BRAKE GUIDE LEVERS DISPOSED IN PARALLEL JUXTAPOSED SPACED RELATION AND EACH HAVING ONE END THEREOF PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID CART ADJACENT A LOWER REGION OF SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, AND THE OTHER END PORTION THEREOF PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE LOWER END OF A RESPECTIVE SAID CONNECTING ROD; AND (F) AN ELONGATED HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BRAKE SHOE ASSEMBLY FIXED AT ITS END PORTIONS TO THE OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID BRAKE GUIDE LEVERS AND HAVING A FLOOR ENGAGING SURFACE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF SAID ASSEMBLY.