Glass hand truck
AssigneeOldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Joshua McDonald, Christopher Todd Herndon
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Abstract
A hand truck includes a frame, a handle attached to a rear side of the frame, a platform extending from a front side of the frame, a plurality of feet attached to an underside of the platform, at least one support member attached to the front side of the frame, and an axle supporting a plurality of wheels, wherein the axle is attached to the frame. The hand truck may include a standing configuration and a mobile configuration. In the standing configuration, the plurality of wheels and at least one of the plurality of feet contact a ground surface to support the hand truck such that the platform is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the ground surface.
Claims21
A hand truck comprising:
- a frame;
- a handle attached to a rear side of the frame;
- a platform extending from a front side of the frame;
- a plurality of feet attached to an underside of the platform;
- at least one support member attached to the front side of the frame;
- and
- an axle supporting a plurality of wheels, wherein the axle is attached to the frame, wherein:
- the hand truck comprises a standing configuration and a mobile configuration;
- in the standing configuration, the plurality of wheels and at least one of the plurality of feet contact a ground surface to support the hand truck such that the platform is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the ground surface;
- the axle is fixed in position relative to the frame;
- the frame comprises a left member, a right member, a lower plate, an upper plate, and at least one rear brace member;
- the left member comprises a front left portion, a rear left portion, and a curved left portion extending between the front left portion and the rear left portion;
- and
- the right member comprises a front right portion, a rear right portion, and a curved right portion extending between the front right portion and the rear right portion.
A hand truck comprising:
- a frame comprising a left ‘U’ shaped member and a right ‘U’ shaped member;
- a platform attached to a front side of the left ‘U’ shaped member and to a front side of the right ‘U’ shaped member;
- a plurality of feet attached to an underside of the platform;
- and
- an axle supporting two wheels, wherein the axle is attached to the frame, wherein:
- the hand truck comprises a standing configuration and a mobile configuration;
- and
- in the standing configuration, the two wheels and at least one of the plurality of feet contact a ground surface to support the hand truck such that the platform is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the ground surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.