Hand truck with toe plate

A hand truck comprising

• a wheeled cart including a rolling base having a frame and two base wheels coupled to the frame and a base pusher coupled to the rolling base,
• a toe plate mounted on a lower end of the frame of the rolling base near the base wheels for pivotable movement about a horizontal toe-plate pivot axis from an upright storage position arranged to extend along the frame in a direction toward the base pusher to a projected use position arranged to extend outwardly at about a right angle to the frame, and
• releasable toe-plate lock means for temporarily retaining the toe plate in the projected use position when the toe plate arrives at the projected use position following pivotable movement of the toe plate about the horizontal toe-plate pivot axis away from the upright storage position and toward the projected use position, wherein the releasable toe-plate lock means includes a toe-plate retainer latch coupled to the frame of the rolling base and arranged to be moved relative to the frame during arrival of the toe plate at the projected use position as the toe plate pivots about the horizontal toe-plate pivot axis and a latch manager coupled to the toe plate to pivot with the toe plate as the toe plate is pivoted about the horizontal toe-plate pivot axis between the upright storage position and the projected use position and arranged to engage and move the toe-plate retainer latch relative to the frame during arrival of the toe plate at the projected use position to cause the latch manager to mate with the latch to retain the toe plate temporarily in the projected use position.