Hand truck easy hitch
OwnerSteve Windeninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for interconnecting a hand truck or dolly to a vehicle receiver or hitch while hauling a heavy load. The apparatus includes a base, an extendable lever arm and a separable intermediary glide. The base couples with the hand truck, the lever arm is extendable from the base, and the intermediary glide interconnects the lever arm to a receiver attached to a vehicle.
Claims20
An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to a receiver mounted to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having a hand truck receiving portion;
- a lever arm extending from the base and having a free end portion extending outward from the base;
- the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a receiver;
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- a glide that is separable from the lever arm and receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the receiver;
- and further wherein the glide has a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm.
An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to a receiver of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having a hand truck receiving portion;
- a lever arm extendable from the base, the lever arm having an end portion slidingly engaged with the base and a free end portion extending outward from the base;
- the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a receiver;
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- a glide that is separate from the lever arm and receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the receiver;
- the glide having a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm.
An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to the trailer hitch receiver of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a base having a hand truck receiving portion;
- a lever arm extendable from the base, the lever arm having a rearward end portion slidingly engaged with the base and a free end portion extending outward from the base;
- the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a trailer hitch receiver;
- a glide that is separable from the lever arm and trailer hitch receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the trailer hitch receiver;
- the glide having a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm;
- and wherein the glide further includes a compressible button ball release that engages the trailer hitch receiver;
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- a lever lock coupled to the base and having a first locked position that engages the lever arm and having a second extending position that disengages the lever arm from the lock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.