Patent ID: 8136753

Claim:
Apparatus for manually transporting a carton of goods, comprising: a carton support structure comprising: an elongate horizontal support member extending in a first direction and having a first component and a second component affixable to the first component at any of a plurality of positions, such that an overall length of the horizontal support member may be adjusted; a first substantially vertical support member affixed to the first component of the horizontal support member; a first bushing attached to the first vertical support member to be vertically spaced from the first component of the horizontal support member and extending from the first vertical support member in the first direction; a second substantially vertical support member affixed to the second component of the horizontal support member; a second bushing affixed to the second vertical support member to be spaced vertically from the second component of the horizontal support member and extending in a second direction opposite the first direction and toward the first bushing; at least one stabilization member affixed to the carton support structure and adapted to abut at least one nonrotational surface of a carton to prevent the carton from rotating about a horizontal axis on which is located at least one of the first and second bushings; and a handle affixed to the carton support structure and being spaced from the horizontal support member.