Patent ID: 11878726
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 16:
17. A handcart comprising:
a chassis unit; and
a container unit configured to be detachably attached to the chassis unit,
wherein
the chassis unit includes:
a front wheel unit rotatably supporting a front wheel;
a rear wheel unit rotatably supporting a rear wheel;
a chassis frame extending in a front-rear direction and supporting the front wheel unit and the rear wheel unit; and
a prime mover configured to rotate at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel as a drive wheel,

the container unit is selected from a group including at least a first type of container unit and a second type of container unit structurally different from the first type of container unit,
the first type of container unit includes:
a first type of container; and
a first type of container frame extending in the front-rear direction and supporting the first type of container,

the second type of container unit includes:
a second type of container structurally different from the first type of container; and
a second type of container frame structurally different from the first type of container frame, the second type of container frame extending in the front-rear direction and supporting the second type of container,

the prime mover includes a motor,
the chassis unit further comprises a battery mounting portion to which a battery is detachably attached, and
the motor is configured to be driven by electric power from the battery,
wherein the first type of container frame of the first type of container unit includes a first support base configured to support a tilting actuator, and the second type of container frame of the second type of container unit includes a second support base, different from the first support base, and configured to support a lifting actuator.