US1823526A - Creeper construction - Google Patents

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Sept. 15, 1931.

E. T. BREEDEN- 1,823,526

CREEPER CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 25, 1929 Patented Sept. 15, 1931 STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD T. BREEDEN, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T 0. I. HOBSON onnnrnn consrnuo'rron Application filed November 25, 1929. Serial No. 409,561.

0 with upwardly bent portions adjacent each of its corners to provide an inverted pocket at each corner in which arelatively large caster wheel may be secured.

A further object is to provide an under- 115 slung creeper of this character whereby the floor of the creeper is positioned quite close to the floor on which the automobile is resting so as to give plenty of room for the mechanic beneath the automobile when lying on the creeper.

Another object is to provide a creeper frame formed of angle iron or the like comprising end members and side members each end of each member being bent upwardly for forming the caster reception pockets at the corners of the creeper.

A further object is to provide a creeper floor of sheet metal having corners notched to clear the pockets at the corners of the creeper frame.

Still a further object is to provide openings in the creeper floor at the side of the creeper frame for convenience in carrying the creeper from one position to another.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the creep er construction.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the creeper; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

angle 'bar or other suitable material formed into side members and end members 12.

Adjacent each end of the side member 10 the member is bent upwardly as indicated at 14 to form an elevated portion 16. Each end of each end member is likewise bent up as at 18 to form an elevated portion 20. The portions '16 and 20 form elevated pockets into which casters.22,preferably of the'ball bearing swivel type, can be secured. The bases 24 of casters 22 are secured to corner plates 26 by bolts or rivets 28. Two of the bolts or rivets 28 on each corner plate 26 serve to hold the corner plate in position with respect to the frame A.

The edges of the plates 26 are welded to the frame A and the corners of the frame itself are welded together after being bent from a single piece of angle iron having V notches cut in one of its flanges.

Thus a frame A having comparatively low sides and ends which are formed at the corners to provide pockets to receive casters 22 suiiiciently large to support a mechanic which without the underslung feature would have to be very small in order to make the floor B of the creeper low enough for practical purposes. The underslung feature is especiallydesirable since balloon tires and low built automobile bodies have come on the market. The creeper floor B consists of a sheet of metal having its corners cut away as indicated at 30 and having flanges 32 and 34 bent over the downwardly extending flanges of the frame A, asbest shown at 36 in Figure 4:.

Hand hold openings 38 are provided in the floor B and the edges of these openings are I bent under as indicated at 40 so that there is no raw metal edge around the openings. The flanges 32 and 34 of the creeper floor B may be spot welded as indicated at 42 to the frame A. The cut-away corners 30 may be reinforced by doubling a flange 44 on each one underneath the floor B.

From the description of my invention it will be obvious that an efficient and strong creeper is provided from very few parts,

which are easily assembled together. Preferably a head rest 46 is provided which can be of leather or other suitable padded construction.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts of my device without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents, which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a creeper construction, a frame consisting of side members and end members, each of said members being bent upwardly adjacent its ends whereby the corner portions of said frame form inverted pockets, casters secured to said frame within said pockets and a sheet covering for said frame having its corners cut away to accommodate said pockets, said covering having downwardly directed flanges at its sides and ends extending' over said frame and secured thereto.

2. A creeper frame comprising angle iron side and end members, each of said members being bent upwardly at its ends to form corner pockets and casters secured in said pockfii' ets whereby the major portion of said frame is underslung, and a sheet covering for said frame, said covering having hand hold openings and being folded for reinforcing the periphery of said openings.

Des Moines, Iowa. October 31, 1929.

EDWARD T. BREEDEN.

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