Hand truck with adjustable wheel assembly
OwnerHong Min Liinventor
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Abstract
A hand truck includes a frame body and a wheel assembly including two wheel units spacedly supported at the frame body to switch between a first operation position and a second operation position for enabling the frame body to be tilted backward to transport a load. In the first operation position, the wheel units are oriented in parallel planes for enabling the frame body to move in a back-and-forth direction, and in the second operation position, the wheel units are oriented to align with each other in a common plane for enabling the frame body to move in a left-and-right direction. Therefore, the hand truck provides two modes of movement for two-dimensional movement.
Claims14
A hand truck, comprising:
- a frame body, having a L-shaped cross section, comprising a load platform for carrying a load thereon, and a handle upwardly extended from said load platform, wherein said handle comprises two parallel handle members;
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- a wheel assembly which comprises:
- two wheel frames rearwardly extended from said handle members respectively, wherein each of said wheel frames comprises two retention walls rearwardly extended from said respective handle member of said handle to define a guiding channel between said retention walls;
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- two wheel units spacedly supported at said handle of said frame body, wherein each of said wheel units comprises a wheel housing, a wheel member rotatably held at said wheel housing, and a switching shaft upwardly extended from said wheel housing, wherein said switching shafts of said wheels units are rotatably received in said guiding channels respectively to move said wheel members between a first operation position and a second operation position, wherein each of said wheel frames further comprises a first locking slot defined between said two retention walls, a second locking slot formed at a bottom edge of one of said respective retention walls, and a retention member upwardly protruded from said respective wheel housing, wherein in said first operation position, said switching shafts are rotated in said guiding channels until said wheel members are oriented in parallel planes for enabling said frame body to move in a back-and-forth direction, wherein said wheel unit is retained in said first operation position when said retention member is moved at said first locking slot between said retention walls, wherein in said second operation position, said switching shafts are rotated in said guiding channels until said wheel members are oriented to align with each other in a common plane for enabling said frame body to move in a left-and-right direction, wherein said wheel unit is retained in said second operation position when said retention member is moved at said second locking slot at said bottom edge of said respective retention wall.
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