I have come up with a new concept to a “Mobile Base”, but is not your typical mobile base: ie a platform with wheels that you either have to assemble your tool on top of the base or get four friends over to help you lift the tool up onto the base. This new base attaches directly to the legs (3 or 4), the wheels (2 swivel and 2 fixed) are then inserted into a bracket which will raise the tool legs approximately ½” off the floor. You then can move the machine to any location in the shop, remove the wheels thus having the tool sit directly on the floor so as to alleviate any possibility of vibration or “walking” as could happen if a machine was resting on a base with 4 wheels. The Kit contains enough hardware for 2 machines and hardware for additional machines can be purchased. I submitted the idea to HTC Products Inc. (leading manufacturer of Mobile Bases) and received a typical reply of “Does not meet our criteria”. I’m curious what you and your readers think of this idea?
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Mobile Bases
My answer to your question: great idea!
Ideas
Just wait ! The idea will be mfg. in about six months with a slight modification. They will make $$$$$$$$$$$$ and you'll be able to say that was my idea. Been there, done that !! with other ideas.
Mobile Base
I guess you got burnt in the past. Sorry to here that. I try to conduct my business with " do unto others, as you would have others do unto you". What I am trying to do is to find a manufacturer that goes by my ideals. What I have working for me is that I have filed a "Provisional Patent Application" (PPA) which gives me one year to file for a utility patent and gives the utility patent a filing date of when the PPA was filed.
Bruce T
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