Patent ID: 7464947

Claim:
A hand truck comprising a backing frame, wherein said backing frame is an inverted u-shape with a backing frame hand grip area that has ninety degree radial bends on each side to communicate with equal length, parallel, longitudinal left and right sides of said backing frame, further wherein said backing frame further comprises load supports for stabilization of said backing frame; a toe plate for supporting loads to be transported and which communicates with said backing frame, wherein said toe plate is z-shaped in cross-section and which provides a load-bearing platform forward of said backing frame and an elevated platform rearward of said backing frame, further wherein said elevated platform of said toe plate contains index position throughholes; and a pair of independent wheel indexing assemblies which communicate with said backing frame and said toe plate, wherein each of said independent wheel indexing assemblies are independently rotatable through a range of motion of approximately 100 degrees which allows said hand truck to be capable of multi-directional movement in a standard direction, a lateral direction and a rotational direction.