HAND TRUCK Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: load-carrying facilities. SUBSTANCE: proposed folding hand truck has support frame hinge-coupled with load-carrying platform made turnable in longitudinal vertical plane and provided with stop member in lower part. Truck has U-shaped carrying handle telescopically coupled with frame for fixing in required position, and also running wheels which are mounted on load-carrying platform at side of support frame. Support frame is made for turning in longitudinal vertical plane relative to load-carrying platform and can be fixed in intermediate positions relative to load-carrying platform. Stop member is made in form of slides mounted longitudinal along sides of load-carrying platform from below and provided with radius roundnesses at of contact with load-carrying platform. EFFECT: provision of easy movement both along soil and asphalt-coated surfaces, show and ice-covered areas, enlarged operating capabilities. 4 dwg