US3462166A - Transport device for furniture - Google Patents

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US3462166A
US3462166A US656224A US3462166DA US3462166A US 3462166 A US3462166 A US 3462166A US 656224 A US656224 A US 656224A US 3462166D A US3462166D A US 3462166DA US 3462166 A US3462166 A US 3462166A
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Karl H Fuhrmann
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B55/00—Cabinets, racks or shelf units, having essential features of rigid construction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B3/00—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor
    • B62B3/14—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys
    • B62B3/18—Hand carts having more than one axis carrying transport wheels; Steering devices therefor; Equipment therefor characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys nestable by means of pivoted supports or support parts, e.g. baskets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62B—HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES
    • B62B2202/00—Indexing codes relating to type or characteristics of transported articles
    • B62B2202/30—Furniture

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  • a device for transporting articles of furniture is in the form of a tubular skeleton having a base for supporting an article of furniture.
  • the base has horizontal members set at an angle to each other to permit nesting of the devices and is supported by casters.
  • a vertical which does not obstruct loading of the base serves to support the furniture on the base and provide a handle for an operator.
  • the invention concerns a mobile transport device for furniture which is particularly intended and suited for upholstered furniture.
  • Sets of upholstered furniture can be transported and stored in store houses with transport devices of this type.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a transport device of the type specified which is free from the above defects and in addition has further advantageous features.
  • this problem is mainly solved by a tubular construction which is open on three vertical sides and wherein the horizontal tubular frame members which support the furniture to be transported are arranged at an angle relative to each other in such a way that any number of devices of the same construction may be fitted into each other and are provided in their outside end regions with legs running on caster wheels.
  • tubular construction It is sufiicient for loading and unloading the device to have two people available. Owing to the fact that the tubular construction is open on three sides, it is also possible for other larger pieces of upholstered furniture such as couches to be easily loaded onto the device. As there are no lateral restrictions on the tubular construction, the different number of seating places and the width of such pieces of upholstered furniture is of no importance.
  • the tubular construction chosen also pre- 3,462,166 Patented Aug. 19, 1969 vents the upholstered furniture which is loaded on the device sliding down, even when the surface over which the device is moved is uneven.
  • the device may be used for all types of upholstered furniture with straight legs, swivelling spider bases, skids or with a full bottom with rollers; they can all be equally well mounted on the transport device according to the invention. Due to the caster wheels provided, it is possible for the device to be transported easily and above all to be easily moved into its position or storage places. Obviously the tubular construction of the transport device according to the invention is such that it offers no sharp edges, angles or the like which could lead to the delicate piece of upholstered furniture being damaged. The simplicity of the proposed tubular construction also leads to a reduction in manufacturing costs of at least 20% with respect to all transport devices on the market and this reduction is even greater than 50% with respect to the majority of these devices.
  • tubular frame members extend parallel to the horizontal tubular frame members which support the furniture to be transported, these upper tubular frame members eliminating any possibility of the upholstered furniture loaded on the device tipping and thus offering further safety in transport.
  • the tubular construction comprises single substantially U-shaped tubular bent frame members which are secured together with their vertical frame members and the central bent members of which are joined together in unity of material at least with their horizontal frame members which support the furniture to be transported. In this way the tubular construction of the transport device according to the invention may be assembled from single substantially identical parts, whereby the cost of the construction is still further reduced without the strength of the tubular construction suffering thereby.
  • the strength of the construction may also be increased by the tubular bent frame members being united at the top end of their vertical frame members by means of a cross-tie which serves at the same time as a handle for the person using the transport device when this latter is pushed, particularly when empty.
  • bottom and/or top horizontal tubular frame members support plates preferably comprised of plywood or pressboard which are conveniently only laid loosely on the respective tubular frame members and serve for transporting smaller articles which would otherwise fall between the tubular frame members.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a single transport device according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 shows two transport devices of the type shown in FIG. 1 which, being empty, are pushed together and nested for the purposes of saving space.
  • the device shown in FIG. 1 comprises a central tubular metal portion 1 of generally U-shaped form but having its base part 2 displaced horizontally to give a V-shape when viewed in plan.
  • the upper ends of the arms of the portion 1 have horizontal extensions 4 extending parallel to the base part 2.
  • the vertical parts 5 of the portion 1 are each secured to tubular metal side portions 6 by welding, bolting or the like.
  • the side portions 6 are of generally C-shaped form, with a vertical part 7 secured to the vertical part 5 of the central portion 1 and upper and lower horizontal parts 8 and 9 respectively.
  • An inverted V-shaped portion 12 has its vertical parts 13 secured to the vertical parts and 7 and has a horizontal portion 14 which acts both as a crosstie and a handle.
  • Caster wheels 15 are mounted at the extremities of the horizontal parts 9 and at the lower ends of the parts 13. Separate legs to support the caster wheels 15 could be used.
  • Reinforcement struts 16 may be secured in position e.g. by welding.
  • the parts 4 and 8 have turned-down extremities which may be used to help retain the furniture.
  • the parts 13 are disposed at an acute angle to each other so that the transport device can be nested as shown in FIG. 2.
  • a mobile transport device for furniture comprising a horizontal base frame formed by horizontal tubular members in a W-shaped arrangement such that a plurality of the devices can be nested together, groundengaging caster wheels carried by legs depending from the frame at both extremities of each outside member of the W, tubular uprights extending vertically from each of the two base points of the W, horizontal upper platform frame vertically above, substantially coextensive with, and spaced from the horizontal base frame, the upper platform frame being formed by horizontal tubular members extending parallel to the horizontal tubular members of the base frame in a similar W-shaped arrangement and being carried by the uprights as cantilevers to permit access to the space between the frames from three sides, and a horizontal tubular handle join- 4 ing the upper portions of the uprights and displaced rearwardly relatively thereto.
  • a device which consists essentially of four parts secured together along their upright portions to form said uprights, the first part being an inverted U-shaped tubular part providing the handle, part of the uprights and two legs and two caster wheels, the second part being a U-shaped tubular part displaced laterally at the top and the bottom to provide the central portions of the W-shaped arrangements and providing parts of the uprights, and the third and fourth parts being substantially C-shaped tubular parts each carrying a leg and a caster wheel at its lower extremity, the vertical portions forming parts of the respective uprights and the horizontal portions-forming the outside portions of the W-shaped arrangements.

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DEM55842U DE1949045U (de) 1966-07-26 1966-07-26 Fahrbares transportgeraet fuer moebel, insbesondere fuer polstermoebel.

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US3677172A (en) * 1970-09-02 1972-07-18 Banner Metals Inc Cooking rack-pan combination
US3782746A (en) * 1971-12-30 1974-01-01 H Isaacs Self-supporting nesting cart
US3971568A (en) * 1975-01-31 1976-07-27 Tradewind Industries, Inc. Self-supporting nesting cart
US4895381A (en) * 1988-07-01 1990-01-23 Farlow Clifford B Furniture display cart
USD366195S (en) 1994-11-21 1996-01-16 Hammond Lawrence J Furniture mover
US7578400B1 (en) * 2008-08-25 2009-08-25 Hartman Sr Frank C Chair storage rack
US8714369B2 (en) * 2012-03-21 2014-05-06 Keysheen Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Furniture display rack
US9079597B2 (en) 2013-02-06 2015-07-14 Spg International Llc Adjustable rack
EP3369643A1 (en) * 2017-03-01 2018-09-05 Partington Engineering Limited A nestable trolley frame

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FR2526650B1 (fr) * 1982-05-11 1986-05-09 Morari Perfectionnements apportes aux presentoirs mobiles notamment pour le stockage de denrees
GB2138750A (en) * 1983-03-25 1984-10-31 Tyne Truck & Trolley Co Ltd Trolleys

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US1966751A (en) * 1932-08-15 1934-07-17 Brefeld Frederick Gerhard Casket rack
US2738201A (en) * 1951-10-29 1956-03-13 George M Prescott Platform truck
US2764419A (en) * 1955-04-28 1956-09-25 Sylvan N Goldman Nesting type luggage carts
FR1163199A (fr) * 1956-12-06 1958-09-23 Ateliers Reunis Pour La Fabric Chariot de manutention
US2992010A (en) * 1959-12-21 1961-07-11 Raymond M Sides Grocery carts
FR1306754A (fr) * 1961-09-06 1962-10-19 Chariot pour le transport et la manutention de marchandises diverses

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US1966751A (en) * 1932-08-15 1934-07-17 Brefeld Frederick Gerhard Casket rack
US2738201A (en) * 1951-10-29 1956-03-13 George M Prescott Platform truck
US2764419A (en) * 1955-04-28 1956-09-25 Sylvan N Goldman Nesting type luggage carts
FR1163199A (fr) * 1956-12-06 1958-09-23 Ateliers Reunis Pour La Fabric Chariot de manutention
US2992010A (en) * 1959-12-21 1961-07-11 Raymond M Sides Grocery carts
FR1306754A (fr) * 1961-09-06 1962-10-19 Chariot pour le transport et la manutention de marchandises diverses

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US3677172A (en) * 1970-09-02 1972-07-18 Banner Metals Inc Cooking rack-pan combination
US3782746A (en) * 1971-12-30 1974-01-01 H Isaacs Self-supporting nesting cart
US3971568A (en) * 1975-01-31 1976-07-27 Tradewind Industries, Inc. Self-supporting nesting cart
US4895381A (en) * 1988-07-01 1990-01-23 Farlow Clifford B Furniture display cart
USD366195S (en) 1994-11-21 1996-01-16 Hammond Lawrence J Furniture mover
US7578400B1 (en) * 2008-08-25 2009-08-25 Hartman Sr Frank C Chair storage rack
US8714369B2 (en) * 2012-03-21 2014-05-06 Keysheen Industry (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Furniture display rack
US9079597B2 (en) 2013-02-06 2015-07-14 Spg International Llc Adjustable rack
US9409586B2 (en) 2013-02-06 2016-08-09 Spg International Llc Adjustable rack
EP3369643A1 (en) * 2017-03-01 2018-09-05 Partington Engineering Limited A nestable trolley frame

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