Patent ID: 11897528
Assignee: nan
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A hand truck for installing and removing water heaters, the hand truck comprising:
a main platform configured to support a water heater, the main platform comprising:
a pair of vertical support bars;
curved legs at a bottom portion of the main platform, the curved legs formed from a bottom portion of the pair of vertical support bars; and
a pair of handles at a top portion of the main platform, the pair of handles rotatably coupled to a top portion of the pair of vertical support bars so that the handles rotate around the pair of vertical support bars, the pair of handles being rotatable from a backwards-facing orientation that faces away from a water heater supported by the main platform and towards an operator pushing the hand truck to an outward-facing orientation that is perpendicular to the backwards-facing orientation; and

a wheel frame coupled to the main platform, the wheel frame comprising:
a pair of wheel support bars rotatably coupled to the pair of vertical support bars; and
a telescopic ram stop coupled to the main platform and to the pair of wheel support bars, the telescopic ram stop configured to guide the wheel frame from a closed position to an open position,

wherein in the closed position the pair of wheel support bars are parallel to the pair of vertical support bars and in the open position the pair of wheel support bars are perpendicular to the pair of vertical support bars.