Patent ID: 8622415

Claim:
An apparatus for transporting items, which comprises: a base defining a longitudinal axis; a handle element extending from the base; a pair of rollers mounted to the base; and a platform mounted to the base and adapted for movement between a stored condition and an operative condition, the platform including first and second leg elements and a platform support connected to the first and second leg elements and extending therebetween, the platform dimensioned and adapted to carry an object when in the operative condition, the first and second leg elements being adapted to pivot about respective pivot axes which are obliquely arranged relative to the longitudinal axis of the base whereby the first and second leg elements are in a relative approximated condition when the platform is in the stored condition and are in a relative open condition when the platform is in the operative condition with the first and second leg elements obliquely arranged relative to each other and the longitudinal axis of the base.