Patent ID: 8465046

Claim:
A multi-mode hand truck comprising a push cart including a load carrier, a carrier wheel unit coupled to the load carrier at a lower end of the load carrier, and an outrigger wheel unit associated with the load carrier and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the carrier wheel unit, a base pusher coupled to the load carrier, the base pusher includes a push handle coupled to the load carrier for movement relative to the load carrier and a pivotable push-handle support link coupled to the load carrier for pivotable movement about a carrier pivot axis and to the push handle for pivotable movement about a handle mount pivot axis, and wherein the push handle is arranged to move relative to the load carrier while coupled to the load carrier between a retracted truck-pusher position arranged to lie alongside the load carrier and an extended cart-pusher position arranged to extend up from the load carrier, a handle position-retainer means for selectively keeping the push handle in the retracted truck-pusher position and in the extended cart- pusher position, and wherein the handle position-retainer means includes a first anchor receiver coupled to the push handle, a second anchor receiver coupled to the push handle, and a handle lock unit coupled to the load carrier and configured to engage one of the first anchor receiver and the second anchor receiver to selectively keep the push handle in the retracted truck- pusher position and in the extended cart-pusher position.