Patent ID: 7096992

Claim:
A pole for a hand pallet truck comprising: a pole bar linked to a support for a steerable wheel at its lower end and connected to a loop-shaped handle at the other end, the handle being centrally grippable at its rear end, an operating device within the handle, the operating device being attached to a holding extension projecting into the handle in prolongation of the bar, and being connectable to a lifting apparatus of the hand pallet truck via a traction and/or pushing element, wherein an operating lever ( 22 , 24 ) is disposed on either side of the extension ( 16 ), the operating levers being pivotally mounted on the holding extension ( 16 ) in a plane defined by the handle ( 14 ), in that both operating levers ( 22 , 24 ) act on a common displacement element ( 60 ) connected to the traction or pushing element ( 66 ) such that pulling the operating levers ( 22 , 24 ) out of a neutral position away from the pole bar ( 10 ) causes a lowering operation and pushing the operating levers out of the neutral position towards the pole bar ( 10 ) allows a lifting operation of the lifting apparatus, and in that the operating levers ( 22 , 24 ) are coupled by means of a coupling mechanism such that the lowering operation is effected by pulling either one single operating lever ( 22 , 24 ) or both operating levers ( 22 , 24 ) at the same time, and the lifting operation is effected by pushing either one single operating lever ( 22 , 24 ) or both operating levers ( 22 , 24 ).