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US 3,941,399 AGranted
Barrel carrier
OwnerJack Peters, DeLoris Joan Barrettinventors
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Abstract
A wheeled hand truck for barrels, drums, and similar heavy articles is disclosed which comprises a selectively pivotably load supporting foot plate and an adjustable barrel lip restraining hook which facilitate loading of barrels or drums onto the truck, the selectively pivotable load supporting plate also facilitating safe, compact storage of the device.
Claims14
A hand truck comprising:
- an elongate frame;
- an axle and wheels assembly affixed to one end of said frame for rolling the truck on a support surface;
- at least one load supporting shoe having a flat lower surface below the level of said axle when the hand truck is in a vertical position, each said shoe having a forward toe portion and a rearward heel portion,
- means connecting said shoe to said frame,
- said shoe being pivotally supported on said connecting means, said connecting means defining a continuously curved surface extending from the heel of said shoe rearwardly in a direction toward said axle to permit rocking of said hand truck about pivot points progressively moving along said curved surface as said hand truck pivots between a position in which said lower surface of the shoe is in contact with the support surface and a position in which said wheels contact said support surface,
- whereby no discontinuity is required in the forces required to be exerted on said frame to rock said hand truck forwardly or rearwardly between said vertical position and a rearwardly tilted position in which a load on said at least one shoe is fully supported on said wheels.
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A hand truck comprising:
- an elongated frame;
- an axle and wheels assembly affixed to one end of the frame for rolling the truck on a support surface;
- at least one load supporting shoe having a lower surface;
- a pair of shoe legs pivotably attached to the one end of the elongated frame at laterally spaced locations;
- pivot means joining the shoe legs to the load supporting shoe;
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- means attached to the elongated frame for locking the shoe legs in a plurality of positions relative to the elongated frame, whereby the frame may be pivoted into a position relative to the support surface wherein the truck is supported by the load supporting shoe and then pivoted toward an article to be carried on the load supporting shoe while maintaining the lower surface of the shoe in contact with the support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.