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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Thomas A Tisbo, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Torrence C Anderson, Aurora, IL (US);
Brian R Moon, Dekalb, IL (US);
Michael G Uffner, Naperville, IL (US);
Michael R Vogler, Aurora, IL (US);
Suncast Corporation, Batavia, IL (US);
Abstract
A portable hose reel cart has a folding handle that is pivotable between an in-use position and a storage position. The cart includes a pair of spaced apart side frames members having a base portion. A rotatable spool is positioned between the side frames and is operably connected thereto for rotation of the spool about an axis of rotation. A folding handle assembly has a pair of spaced apart mounting arms and a gripping portion extending between the mounting arms. Each of the mounting arms is associated with a respective one of the side frame members and the spool is positioned intermediate the mounting arms. The mounting arms are lockable in the handle in-use position by latches that engage their respective side frames. A pair of wheels is mounted to the cart at the base, generally vertically below the handle gripping portion, when the handle assembly is in the in-use position. The wheels are mounted to the cart independently of one another by hubs that extend from the respective side frames and insert into the wheels.