Patent ID: 8827305

Claim:
A hand truck comprising: a loading platform portion which has wheels on a lower surface thereof and has a loading platform surface on an upper surface thereof; a push handle which has a lower portion pivotally fitted on the loading platform portion and is capable of being folded or unfolded; an accommodating groove portion which is formed by concaving the loading platform surface to accommodate the push handle when the push handle is folded, wherein the push handle comprises: a pair of column support portions that are extendable and contractible in a vertical direction; a holding rod portion that is integrally interposed between upper ends of the pair of column support portions and extends toward left and right outer sides of the column support portions; and a column support lock member that locks an extended posture of the column support portions, wherein an entire length of the column support portion when contracted is shorter than one of longitudinal and lateral lengths of the loading platform surface, and the holding rod portion has an entire length shorter than the other of the longitudinal and lateral lengths of the loading platform surface and has an external shape that allows fitting in a holding rod portion accommodating groove portion of the accommodating groove portion on the loading platform surface when the push handle is folded, and an unfolding lock member that locks the push handle in an unfolded posture when the push handle is raised, a holding hole used for carrying the hand truck when folded, wherein said holding hole is vertically pierced in the loading platform portion along an outer side of the holding rod portion accommodating groove portion, and a wall portion on an outer side of the holding rod portion accommodating groove portion that is in contact with the holding hole is notched to form a notch portion, wherein the notch portion connected with the holding hole enables taking out the holding rod portion fitted in the holding rod portion accommodating groove portion from the holding rod portion accommodating groove portion.