Hand trolley

A hand trolley having stair climbing means and comprising an elongated frame, a pair of ground engaging wheels mounted adjacent one end of the frame for rotation about a common axis lateral to the length direction of the frame, primary load supporting means upstanding from the frame adjacent said wheels, a handle at another end of the frame, two pairs of rollers fixed relative said frame with the rollers of each said pairs of rollers spaced apart in the length direction of the frame and having axes of rotation parallel to each other and to the axis of rotation of said wheels, two elongated stair climbing slider members each including track means extending in the length direction of the slider member, said slider members respectively movably mounted on and held captive to said rollers of said pairs of rollers so as to be movable from a rest position in a direction away from said handle and thereafter return to the rest position, stop means fixed to said slider members respectively engageable by said rollers of said pairs of rollers to define the rest position for said slider members, resilient means housed in said track means, said resilient means biasing said slider members toward said rest position, a lower bearing face on each said slider member disposed in a plane spaced from the center of rotation of said ground engaging wheels by a distance no greater than the radius of said ground engaging wheels said frame including rail means in the length direction of the frame, a carriage captive on said rail means and slidable therealong, brake means to locate said carriage at a predetermined position in its path of travel along said rail means and secondary load support means on said carriage.