Patent ID: 8668208
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A pallet truck for transporting goods comprising: a substantially horizontal frame on which the goods to be transported are placed and which comprises first and second substantially parallel and longitudinal arms, each of the first and second arms comprising first and second parallel longitudinal extensions that define a space between them, the first and second longitudinal extensions comprising first and second walls, respectively, that face each other and which are visible and accessible through the space, the first and second longitudinal extensions being visible and accessible from above for cleaning; a wheel disposed at or near an end of each of the first and second arms and being supported at least in part by polymer bearings, the wheel having first and second opposite sides, the first and second sides connected to the first and second longitudinal extensions, respectively, by respective first and second rotating plates, the wheel having a freedom of rotation and disposed in the space defined by the first and second longitudinal extensions when the frame is in the rest position, the first and second rotating plates each having a first end and a second end being spaced a distance from the respective first and second longitudinal extensions, the first end of the first and second rotating plates being coupled to the wheel, the first and second rotating plates being visible and accessible from above for cleaning; and each of the first and second longitudinal extensions is substantially L-shaped, with a substantially horizontal first section and a second section that extends substantially perpendicular to the first section, the first and second arms being connected to each other by the second sections by a plurality of connecting shafts that are visible and accessible from above, the plurality of connecting shafts comprising a first transverse connecting shaft that connects the first longitudinal extension of the first arm to the first longitudinal extension of the second arm at a location at or near the junction of the first and second sections of the first longitudinal extensions, and a second transverse connecting shaft that connects all of the first and second longitudinal extensions of the first and second arms at a location at or near the end of the second sections of the first and second longitudinal extensions, the first and second transverse connecting shafts being visible and accessible from above for cleaning.