Bucket chassis

Claim 1

A chassis assembly for movably supporting a generally cylindrically shaped container, pail, bucket, or the like, said assembly comprising: a generally horizontal one-piece chassis member fabricated of a corrosion-resistant molded polymeric material, said member comprising a central body section, a plurality of four arm sections integrally formed with and projecting horizontally and radially outwardly from said central body section at generally right angles to one another, each of said arm sections comprising a pair of circumferentially spaced, vertically projecting reinforcing ribs extending lengthwise along one side thereof and a third vertically projecting reinforcing rib extending lengthwise along the other side thereof, a support section integrally formed with and located at the radially outer end of each arm section, each of said support sections being circumferentially enlarged relative to the corresponding arm section and having a generally horizontally disposed upper surface adapted to support a container, each of said support sections comprising an integrally formed, circumferentially extending locating shoulder on the upper surface thereof, said locating shoulders being located on the radially innermost portions of the associated of said surfaces and defining a common imaginary circle whose center is located at the point of intersection of said arm sections, each of said shoulders extending generally circumferentially at least as far as the circumferential extremities of the associated of said support sections, with said locating shoulders being adapted for centrally locating a container on said chassis, each of said support sections comprising a vertically enlarged portion on the radially outer end thereof including means forming a vertical aperture extending through each of said vertically enlarged portions, reinforcing fillet means on each of said support sections for reinforcing the portion thereof radially inwardly of the vertically enlarged portion thereof, a plurality of four caster assemblies, each caster assembly underlying a support section and having a stud projecting upwardly through the corresponding aperture; and a plurality of four clips, each clip being mounted on the upper end of one of the caster assembly studs and being cooperable with the corresponding locating shoulder for removably securing a container on said chassis member.