AU604116B2 - A multi-function rack structure for carrying a jack - Google Patents

Description

i;;i;i i_ 'L 1~ 604116 FORM COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA PATENTS ACT 1952 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION S F Ref: 58598

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Name and Address S of Applicant: ft Address for Service: Michael Hung 11th Fl., 624 Ming Chuan E. Rd Taipei TAIWAN R.O.C.

Spruson Ferguson, Patent Attorneys Level 33 St Martins Tower, 31 Market Street Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia Complete Specification for the invention entitled: A Multi-Function Rack Structure for Carrying a Jack The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us 5845/3 I -f- "A MULTI-FUNCTION RACK STRUCTURE FOR CARRYING A JACK"

ABSTRACT

It is a multi-function rack structure for carrying a jack, and the rack mainly comprises a chassis, a seat and tool racks. The seat is fixed on one end of cccU C tthe chassis; the bottom of the chassis is mounted with 8 t 6 casters, while the top surface of the chassis is f' IC furnished with grooves in a specific arrangement.

There is a sufficient space between the chassis and the seat for mounting a given type of jack. The .1 C, r',C grooves can also be used for placing repair tools. One t C10 side of the seat can be mounted with a tool rack Sfor holding necessary tools. By means of the aforesaid structure, a device can be formed for carrying a jack, and being used as a tool and parts tray, a working rack, a stool or footstool, etc.

SA Multi-function Rack Structure for Carrying A Jack The present invention relates to a structure for carrying a jack; particularly, it relates to a device, which can normally be used for packing a jack, and can also be used for placing tools and parts thereon after the jack being S, removed, or used as a working rack, a seat or a footstool.

Sc ccNormally, a jack is a weight-lifting tool being C t used widely for many purposes; especially, it is a indispens- Sable tool in mechanical repair and assembling operation.

SA small type of jack not only is used in a specific working 1D site, but it is also widely used in routine car maintenance 1' 0 t work or in emergency repair work because of its partable 6, feature; therefore, almost each car is provided with a jack.

SA small type of jack is capable of lifting 2,000 lbs to e 4,000 ibs, and the weight of its is ranging from several lbs to several decades of lbs. The manufacturer usually pack up such type of jack with a cardboard box having a given size; such cardboard box is merely used for paicking up that kind of jack without being used for other purposes.

In view of the drawback of the conventional jack packing container, the inventor has developed a multifunction rack structure for carrying a jack, and it mainly comprises a chassis, a seat, and tool racks. The bottom portion of the chassis is mounted with casters, while the 0 ca 0 00 o 0 0 000 0 00 00 0 0000 0 0 0r

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0'00. C 0 0 00 0c top surface of the chassis is furnished with specific grooves for holding a jack and the related tools and parts. The top of the chassis is provided with square abutments to be connected with the seat so as to hole the jack in place. The seat may also be used as a stool, or a working rack, or a footstool. A tool rack is also mounted At one side of the seat for holding repair tools; therefore, the present invention is substantially a multifunction structure for packing a jack, holding tools and 10 parts, and being used as a working rack, and a footstool, etc.

The present invention will be described below in detail by way of example with reference to the. accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective and disassembled view of the embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention after being assembled.

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates the embodiment of the present invention being added with a tool rack.

FIG. 5 is another embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention being added with a handle.

-3- Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a rack structure according to the present invention, which mainly comprises a chassis 1 and a seat 2, The four corners under the chassis 1 are mounted with four casters 11 respectively. The chassis 1 is furnished wi+-i wall 12 around the four sides thereof; the top surface of the chassis 1 is provided with several grooves 13, and four square abutments 14, each of which has a round stud Beside each of the abutments 14, there is a plane part 16, which has a round stud 17 with an inner threaded hole. The seat 2 has four legs 21 under its four corners.

The lower end of each leg 21 haF a sunk plane 22 with a round hole 23. Each of the round holes 23 on the legs 21 can be exactly mounted over the corresponding round stud 15 of the square abutment 14, or over the round stud 17 on the plane part 16 to be fixed in place with a screw 18 and a washer. The seat 2 is furnished with one set of parallel through slots 24. By means of the grooves 13 on the top surface of the chassis 1, a suitable type of jack 3 and some related tools can be mounted thereon; then, the seat 2 is mounted over the chassis 2 by mating the round holes 23 of the legs 21 with the round studs 15 respectively before being fixed in place with screws 18 that are to be mounted in the threaded holes of the round studs 17. In that case, the whole rack will be in a ready shipping manner as shown in ~~lr~l~n~ -4- FIG. 2, and can also be moved on a floor surface by means of the casters 11, or can be carried with hands by holding the through slots 24. After the jack 3 being dismounted from the chassis 1, the seat 2 may be mounted over the chassis 1 to form into an assembly to be used as a stool, or a working rack, or a footstool.

After the jack 3 being removed from the chassis 1, the grooves 13 thereon may be used as a tool rack or i parts tray. FIG. 3 illustrates another assembled embodiment of the present invention, in which the seat 2 is mounted on the four plane parts 16 by means of screws 18. The function of that assembled Sembodiment is the same as that shown is FIG. 2 except the seat having a lower height.

FIG. 4 shows one side of the seat 2 being added with a tool rack 4. The seat 2 has several holes 25 for receiving the hooks 42 of the fitting pieces 41 on the tool rack 4. The tool rack 4 is provided with a plurality of through holes 43 arranged in a regular space for inserting tools either for storage of use purpose.

FIG. 5 illustrates another embodiment of the 'ool rack 4; one side of the seat 2 is furnished with several screw holes 26, which are corresponding to the screw holes 44 on the fitting pieces 41 on the tool rack 4 so as to let the screws 45 pass through for fixing the tool rack to the seat. The fitting pieces 41 are coupled with the tool rack 4 by means of hinges 46. Each top end of the fitting pieces 41 has a perpendicular piece 411, and the bottom side of that perpendicular piece has a bead-shaped portion 412, whereby the tool rack 4 can bp held in folded position when not in use.

FIG. 6 is another embodiment of the present invention, in which another tool rack 5 is mounted across two sunk planes 22 at one end of the seat 2.

The tool rack 5 is to be fixed in place together with the seat 2 by means of screws 18; the tool rack 5 is furnished with through holes 51 for holding tools.

Claims (7)

1. A multi-function rack for carrying a jack, comprising: a chassis, detachable casters mounted on the bottom of said chassis, said chassis having a top surface having grooves therein for accommodating therein parts of a jack and related tools, a plurality of abutments on the top surface of said chassis extending upwardly therefrom from positions spaced around said top surface, said abutments each having a top end surface and fastening means on said top end surface, said top surface of said chassis further having plane surface areas thereon at corresponding sides of each of said abutments and having fastening means thereon; a seat having a plurality of legs depending from the bottom thereof, one at a position corresponding to each of said abutments and each having a bottom plane surface with a planar shape for engaging the top end surface of a corresponding abutment or the plane surface area at the side of the corresponding abutment and each having a fastening means thereon which can be mated with the fastening means on said top end surface of a corresponding abutment or the plane surface area at the side of the corresponding abutment, whereby said seat can have the legs on the abutments to function as a high stool or can have the legs on the plane surface areas to function as a storage means for the jack or as a low stool.

2. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a tool rack mounted on said seat and extending laterally thereof for receiving and holding tools.

3. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 2 in which said tool rack is mounted along an upper side portion of said seat.

4. A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 3 in which said seat has a plurality of holes spaced along the upper side portion, and said tool rack has a plurality of hooks therealong engagable in said holes for removably attaching said tool rack to said seat.

A multi-function rack as claimed in claim 3 in which said tool rack has a plurality of hinges along the length thereof with a hinge plate extending upwardly therefrom and attached to the upper side portion of said seat, each hinge plate having a perpendicular piece at the top edge thereof extending outwardly from said seat and having a bead on the under side thereof, said tool rack being pivotable upwardly about said hinges and having the free end engagable under said beads on said perpendicular pieces for being held in the upwardly pivoted position for storage, A/1 378w -7-

6. A multi-function rack as claimed n claim 2 in which said tool rack has an inverted U-shape and has the opposite ends attached to adjacent legs adjacent the bottom plane surfaces thereof.

7. A multi-function rack substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this TWENTY-EIGHTH day of AUGUST 1990 Michael Hung Patent Attorneys for the Applicant SPRUSON FERGUSON 0000 C 0 C 0 00 00 0 o CO 0 0 0 0 0 0000 o0 0 0 000000 0 0 C. C a a K>O 0. :STCl78