Patent ID: 8894076
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A cart, comprising: a frame; a plurality of wheels carried by the frame; a pallet support platform movably carried by the frame; a lift actuator carried at least in part by the frame and operably associated with the platform to move the platform up and down relative to the frame; the platform including, in combination with a pallet supported on said platform, pallet interlocking features configured so that pallet retention features disposed on the platform are adapted to be engaged by a pallet having pallet protrusion features disposed on the pallet and/or so that pallet reception features disposed on the pallet are adapted to be engaged by a platform having protrusion features disposed on the platform so as to limit relative sliding movement of the pallet; the pallet comprises legs which maintain a product carrying surface of the pallet off of the floor or ground; the platform is slid beneath the product carrying surface of the pallet, with the platform in a lowered position and disposed between pallet legs; the platform is capable of being raised by applied forces until the platform engages and lifts the pallet off the ground; and with the platform in a raised position, the cart can then be moved along the floor or ground so as to appropriately locate the pallet.