Hand truck for appliances
OwnerEdward J. Simmonsinventor
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Abstract
The hand truck for appliances is a device for moving a water heater and other appliances. The hand truck includes a main frame having a pair of wheels mounted on a lower end rearward of the main frame, and a support plate also mounted on the lower end and projecting forward from the main frame. The support plate has a front edge and a rear edge, with the rear edge being contoured to be received within a water heater drain pan, with the rear edge being positioned adjacent and contiguous to the inner wall of the water heater drain pan. This allows the water heater to be carried on the hand truck for appliances, supported by the support plate, in order to be placed directly into the water heater drain pan.
Claims20
A hand truck for appliances, comprising:
- a main frame having a pair of parallel, spaced-apart vertical support members, each of the vertical support members having an upper end and a lower end, and an arcuate member joining the upper ends of the vertical support members;
- a pair of wheels mounted rearward of the main frame;
- an upper support arm pivotally mounted to the main frame adjacent the upper ends of the vertical support members, the upper support arm being selectively lockable in an extended position normal to the main frame for supporting an upper end of an appliance, and being pivotal to a retracted position coplanar with the main frame;
- a pair of spacer bars extending forward of the main frame;
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- a support plate extending forward of the spacer bars, the support plate being adapted for supporting a lower wall of the appliance when the appliance is placed thereon, the spacer bars offsetting the support plate from the main frame so that the support plate is capable of lifting the appliance over a peripheral wall of an appliance drain pan without removing the appliance from the support plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.