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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Herbert E Collignon, Evansville, IN (US);
Dennis W Hollis, Evansville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Babcock Industries, Inc., Evansville, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 29 ; 188-112 ; 188 19 ; 188 57 ;
Abstract
A caster brake assembly simultaneously brakes separate caster wheels, one swiveling and one non-swiveling, of a movable caster-wheel supported article. It includes a bracket mounted to the bottom of the article, a longitudingal frame assembly vertically slidably mounted to the bracket, brake shoes mounted at the ends of the frame assembly, and a cam member pivotably mounted to the frame assembly and operable against the bracket to force the frame assembly downward relative to the bracket and to brakingly engage the brake shoes against the wheels.