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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rino Conti, Stoughton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Holiday Housewares, Inc., Leominster, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 4726 ; 280 792 ; 220908 ;
Abstract
A wheeled container made of plastic has a bottom end wall formed with two wheel-receiving pockets and first and second C-configured spring clips disposed on opposite sides of each pocket and projecting away from the bottom end wall. Each clip has an open portion that faces outwardly from the container. A wheel assembly is associated with each pocket. Each wheel assembly consists of a wheel and first and second axle portions that are received by the first and second spring clips respectively of a pocket, with the wheel being received by and extending out of that pocket.