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Seat device attached to baggage handcart

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1996-11-13
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Granted: 1997-12-09
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Expires: 2016-11-13
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Abstract

Abstract A seat device attached to a baggage handcart includes a base attached to the baggage handcart with two rear legs disposed perpendicularly thereto, the base having two frames extending therefrom for a seat plate pivotally engaged thereto which has two first receiving members and a second member disposed to a bottom, a front leg pivotally disposed to a front end of the seat plate, the front leg having a passage defined by a non-circular periphery so as to respectively receive a block and a rod therein, the block having a slit defined therein for receiving an eccentric protrusion extending from the rod such that when the rod rotated to let the protrusion be located in the slit, the block is expanded to securely contact the non-circular periphery of the passage.

Inventors

  • 👤 Chin Ho Tsai

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 05:15
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B5/00; B62B5/08; B62B5/085; B62B2202/00; B62B2202/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 280 words
A seat device attached to a baggage handcart and comprising: a base attached to said baggage handcart and including two ends, each of said ends having a first passage defined perpendicularly therethrough and two rear legs respectively and securely extending through said two first passages, two frames each extending transversely from each one of said two ends of said base; a seat plate having a front end and a rear end, said rear end having two recesses defined therein so as to respectively and pivotally receive said frame therein, two lugs extending downwardly from a bottom of said front end, two first receiving members disposed to both sides of said bottom of said seat plate and a second receiving member disposed to said rear end of said bottom of said seat plate; a front leg having a first end pivotally connected between said two lugs and a second passage defined longitudinally therein which has a non-circular inner periphery defining said second passage and accessing to a second end of said front leg; a flexible block received in said second passage and having a slit defined therein which communicates with a periphery of said block, a receiving hole defined in said block and communicating with said slit, and a rod retractably received in said second passage and having a first end and a second end, said second end of said rod having an eccentric protrusion extending therefrom and said protrusion having a head formed on a distal end thereof wherein said protrusion has a diameter larger than a width of the slit and the same as a diameter of said hole and, said head has a larger diameter than said hole.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 280 words
A seat device attached to a baggage handcart and comprising: a base attached to said baggage handcart and including two ends, each of said ends having a first passage defined perpendicularly therethrough and two rear legs respectively and securely extending through said two first passages, two frames each extending transversely from each one of said two ends of said base; a seat plate having a front end and a rear end, said rear end having two recesses defined therein so as to respectively and pivotally receive said frame therein, two lugs extending downwardly from a bottom of said front end, two first receiving members disposed to both sides of said bottom of said seat plate and a second receiving member disposed to said rear end of said bottom of said seat plate; a front leg having a first end pivotally connected between said two lugs and a second passage defined longitudinally therein which has a non-circular inner periphery defining said second passage and accessing to a second end of said front leg; a flexible block received in said second passage and having a slit defined therein which communicates with a periphery of said block, a receiving hole defined in said block and communicating with said slit, and a rod retractably received in said second passage and having a first end and a second end, said second end of said rod having an eccentric protrusion extending therefrom and said protrusion having a head formed on a distal end thereof wherein said protrusion has a diameter larger than a width of the slit and the same as a diameter of said hole and, said head has a larger diameter than said hole.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 61 words
The seat device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said front leg has at least one dimple defined in an outer periphery thereof and at least one of said lugs has a ball biasedly received in an inner surface thereof such that said ball is received in said dimple when said front leg is vertically positioned corresponding to said seat plate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 57 words
The seat device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said two first receiving members and said second receiving member are C-shaped members such that said two rear legs are respectively received in said first receiving members and said front leg is received in said second receiving member when said seat plate is pivoted to an unused position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 56 words
The seat device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said block has a configuration the same as that of said non-circular inner periphery of said second passage such that when said rod is rotated to position said protrusion in said slit, said block is expanded to securely contact said non-circular inner periphery of said second passage.

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