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US 7,628,406 B1Granted
Hand truck to transport horse related equipment
OwnerCharles M. Thomas, Lynda D. Thomasinventors
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Abstract
This patent discloses a hand truck to transport horse related equipment. The hand truck may include a framework having a frame, frame support bars, a handle bar, hooks, a tote mount, a saddle rack positioned below the tote mount, an auxiliary mount, and a cooler mount positioned below the saddle rack. The hand truck further may include a plate attached to the framework and wheels attached to the framework.
Claims12
A hand truck to transport horse related equipment, the hand truck comprising:
- a plate;
- wheels connected between a wheel axle and having wheel axle braces connected between the wheel axle and the plate;
- a frame having a top frame bar connected between a right frame bar connected to the plate and a left frame bar connected to the plate such that the plate is perpendicular to and in front of the frame and the frame extends upward from the plate, where the wheel axle braces are connected to the right frame bar and the left frame bar such that the wheel axle is positioned behind the frame;
- a handle bar configured substantially as a vertical pole, where the handle bar is connected between the top frame bar and the wheel axle such that the handle bar resides behind the frame;
- frame support bars including first frame support bar, a second frame support bar positioned above the first frame support bar, a third frame support bar positioned above the second frame support bar, a fourth frame support bar positioned above the third frame support bar, and a fifth frame support bar positioned above the fourth frame support bar, where each of the frame support bars are connected between the right frame bar, the handle bar, and the left frame bar to extend behind the frame;
- a saddle rack having a first saddle rack support bar permanently fixed to the right frame bar and a second saddle rack support bar permanently fixed to the left frame bar, where both the first saddle rack support bar and the second saddle rack support bar are L-shaped bars permanently fixed at one end at the same height above the plate between the second frame support bar and the third frame support bar to extend horizontally away from the frame, where the saddle rack further includes a saddle rack main bar permanently fixed to the third frame support bar at a saddle rack main bar first end to reside above both the first saddle rack support bar and the second saddle rack support bar and to extend horizontally away from the frame such that the saddle rack main bar is perpendicular to and resides both behind and in front of the frame, where the saddle rack main bar includes an upwardly curving hook at a saddle rack main bar second end, and where each of the L-shaped first saddle rack support bar and second saddle rack support bar are angled upward and inward to connect to the saddle rack main bar at the saddle rack main bar second end;
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- where the saddle rack is a two piece construction where a distal portion of each of the first saddle rack support bar, the second saddle rack support bar, and the saddle rack main bar form a saddle rack extend plate, where a proximate portion of each of the first saddle rack support bar, the second saddle rack support bar, and the saddle rack main bar are hollow tubes, and where the saddle rack extend plate is configured to move in and out of the hollow tubes such that a maximum length between the saddle rack main bar first end and the upwardly curving hook is not greater than twenty-five inches and a minimum length between the saddle rack main bar first end and the upwardly curving hook is not less than fifteen inches.
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