Hand Trucks and Related Shipping Methods
AssigneeDG Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsPaul Ryan, Robert A. Wood
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Abstract
A hand truck, according to various embodiments comprises: (1) a frame, (2) a nose plate that is attached adjacent a lower end of the frame; and (3) at least one wheel that is adapted to facilitate the rolling movement of the dolly relative to a support surface. In particular embodiments, the hand truck comprises: (1) a first axle support adjacent a first lateral side of the frame; and (2) a second axle support adjacent a second lateral side of the frame. The first and second axle supports are adapted to cooperate with the first and second axle supports of a like hand truck body to facilitate the positioning of the hand truck body into a nested relationship with the like hand truck body.
Claims24
A hand truck body comprising:
- a hand truck frame;
- a support plate disposed adjacent to and extending forward from a bottom portion of the hand truck frame;
- a first axle support disposed adjacent a first lateral side of the hand truck frame;
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- a second axle support adjacent a second lateral side of the hand truck frame, wherein:
- the first and second axle supports are flared in opposite directions, so that the first and second axle supports cooperate to form a guide structure for guiding the hand truck body into a nested relationship with a like hand truck body.
A hand truck body comprising:
- a hand truck frame;
- and
- a support plate disposed adjacent to and extending from a bottom portion of the hand truck frame, wherein:
- the hand truck frame comprises:
- a first vertical frame member adjacent a first lateral side of the hand truck frame;
- a first angled axle support assembly that extends between a lower portion of the first vertical frame member and a first lateral side of the support plate;
- a second vertical frame member adjacent a second lateral side of the hand truck frame;
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- a second angled axle support assembly that extends between a lower portion of the second vertical frame member and a second lateral side of the support plate, wherein:
- the first angled axle support assembly is adapted to substantially mate with the first angled axle support of a like hand truck body when the hand truck body and the like hand truck body are placed in a nested relationship with each other;
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- the second angled axle support assembly is adapted to substantially mate with the second angled axle support of the like hand truck body when the hand truck body and the like hand truck body are placed in a nested relationship with each other.
A method of storing hand truck frames comprising:
- providing a first hand truck frame;
- providing a second hand truck frame that is adapted to at least substantially mate with the first hand truck frame;
- providing a third hand truck frame that is adapted to at least substantially mate with the second hand truck frame;
- placing the first, second, and third hand truck frames into a substantially mating arrangement;
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- storing the first, second, and third hand truck frames in the substantially mating arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.