Patent ID: 6131927
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
In a hand truck for carrying stacks of product containing nested trays and other products and having an elongated generally vertically disposed back frame with an upper handle surface, supported for travel by a pair of rearward spaced apart wheels, the back frame comprising a pair of side rails with upper and lower ends and vertically extending front, rear, interior and exterior sides joined by vertically spaced generally horizontal brace rails, the hand truck further having a pivotally mounted elongate nose plate having an outer edge and pivotally connected to said lower ends of said side rails and foldable from an operable position in which said noseplate extends generally horizontally in a plane substantially perpendicular to said back frame to a stowed position swung up to lie in a plane substantially parallel to and adjacent said back frame, the nose plate having a laterally extending back plate which is vertically disposed when the nose plate is in operative position; the improvement wherein:a. a hanger member having a back flange projecting angularly is pivotally secured on each side rail and has a front portion securing to the back plate of the nose plate to pivotally mount said nose plate to said side rails; each back flange extending laterally and providing a rigid vertically extending abutment stop engaging the vertically extending rear side of the side rail when the nose plate is swung to operative position;b. said hanger member being pivotally mounted to said side rail at a vertical location to permit said back flange to swing from a generally horizontal position when said nose plate is in operative position to a vertical position when said nose plate is in vertical stowed position.