Patent ID: 8556279

Claim:
A handtruck comprising: a handtruck frame including a frame base extending to a handle portion of the handtruck frame, the handtruck frame generally lying in a first plane and having a front and a rear; a load support mounted to the front of the handtruck frame and generally lying in a second plane inclined relative to the first plane; and a handtruck wheel assembly mounted to the frame base, the handtruck wheel assembly comprising at least two sets of wheels, each set having a fixed main axis of rotation parallel to the first plane and capable of travel in a primary direction normal to the main axis, wherein the wheel or wheels of at least one of the sets of wheels is or are multidirectional and capable of travel in a lateral direction or in an angular direction having a vector component parallel to the main axis, and wherein the multidirectional wheels tend to track in the primary direction, wherein the handtruck wheel assembly comprises first and second sets of multidirectional wheels, each multidirectional wheel having a corresponding first or second main axis of rotation parallel to the first plane and capable of travel in a lateral direction having a vector component parallel to the first or second main axis.