Hand truck
AssigneeCarl Englund
InventorsBo Rundborg, Risto Luoto
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Abstract
A hand truck includes a carrying device connected to a wheel arrangement for transporting a load on a first support surface. The wheel arrangement is slidably displaceable with respect to the carrying device and can be selectively secured in a locked position when moving the hand truck on the first support surface. The carrying device including the load is transferable to a second elevated support surface when the wheel arrangement is slid toward a handle end of the carrying device. The wheel arrangement may be removed from the carrying device or alternatively pivoted for placement on the second support surface.
Claims10
A hand truck for facilitating load transfer between support surfaces located at different elevations comprising an elongated frame having a handle at one end and a support plate at an opposite end, wheel support means including wheels for transporting the load on a first support surface, means for slidably securing said wheel support means to said elongated frame for selective displacement along the longitudinal length of said elongated frame, said elongated frame being pivotal about the wheel support means for raising the elongated frame to a substantially horizontal position to permit transfer to a second support surface, said wheel support means being slidably displaceable toward said handle end of the elongated frame when transferring the elongated frame to the second support surface, said slidable securing means permitting pivotal displacement of said wheel support means relative to said elongated frame for positioning said wheel support means above said elongated frame when said elongated frame is being supported by said second support surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.