A caster assembly including a plate assembly configured to support an object to be moved; and a yoke assembly rotatably connected to the plate assembly including a caster wheel for rolling engagement with a surface. The plate assembly includes an upper plate and a lower plate coupled by a connector defining a swivel axis. The plate assembly includes a notched ring concentric about the swivel axis of rotation, the notched ring including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart detent notches. The yoke assembly includes a yoke and a pair of spaced apart legs extending from the yoke supporting the caster wheel, the yoke disposed between the top and bottom plates and rotatable about the swivel axis. A lock assembly mounted to the yoke includes a bolt movable between an unlocked swivel position and a locked position in which the bolt engages a selected one of the plurality of detent notches.
Convertible caster assembly
2016-08-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60B VEHICLE WHEELS , Räder für Fahrzeuge |