Patent ID: 8870194

Claim:
A hand cart apparatus, comprising: a frame comprising a pair of side members being laterally spaced apart with each having upper and lower end portions, a handle extending transversely to and interconnecting the upper end portions of the side members, and an object support structure attached to and extending from the lower end portions of the side members, two wheels each movably coupled to the frame such that the wheels are disposed outside of the side members of the frame so that the frame is disposed between the wheels and can be pivotally moved about a central axis defined by the wheels and between upright and declined positions by manipulating the handle; a first pair of C-hooks laterally spaced apart from one another and connected to the object support structure of the frame, each first C-hook having an opening that faces in a first direction when the frame is in the upright position; and a second pair of C-hooks laterally spaced apart from one another and respectively connected to the side members at respective locations intermediately between the upper and lower end portions of the side members, each second C-hook having an opening that faces in a direction opposite to the first direction when the frame is in the declined position; wherein the side members have respective intermediate portions located adjacent to the second C-hooks, said intermediate portions being offset in directions away from one another and the remainder of the frame towards an outside of the frame so as to define grooves in the offset intermediate portions of the side members that are open both above and below the side members as well as toward one another and the inside of the frame so as to enable aligning opposite side projections on an object with the grooves from below the side members and pivotally moving the frame and the side members therewith downward to the declined position so as to thereby pass the opposite side projections on the object upward through the grooves in the side members and into alignment with the second C-hooks; wherein the frame so configured is adapted to be pushed forwards when in the upright position to insert the opposite side projections of an object resting on a support surface into the first C-hooks and to be pulled backwards when in the declined position to insert the opposite side projections of an object resting on a support surface into the second C-hooks after the opposite side projections of the object have passed upward through the grooves in the side members and into alignment with the second C-hooks.