Patent ID: 6474930
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: A01B,B62B,Y10S

Abstract:
A hand truck apparatus adapted for carrying an implement equipped with a three-point hitch, comprising:two substantially vertical, parallel rails, each of said rails having a top end, a bottom end, a forward side, and a back side; a handle connecting said rails at said top end; a two-wheeled axle attached to said rails proximate said bottom end; a plurality of ribs transverse to and connecting said rails, said plurality of ribs disposed in parallel succession between said bottom end and said top end; an elongated upper support arm having a tubular, internally threaded first section pivotally attached about a horizontal axis to one of said plurality of ribs, and having a second section including an externally threaded rod extendable from the first section and a ring at an end of the rod adapted for attachment to a center link of the three-point hitch; a pair of elongated lower lift arms, each of said lower lift arms having: a sleeve rotatably disposed about a vertical axis on the bottom end of said rails; an elongated, internally threaded tube extending transversely from said sleeve; and a threaded rod extensible from said internally threaded tube, the rod having a ring adapted for attachment to an end link of the three-point hitch; wherein said support arm is rotatable up to 180 degrees in a vertical plane extending from said forward side, and wherein said lift arms are rotatable up to 180 degrees in a substantially horizontal plane extending from said forward side.