Patent ID: 8657552

Claim:
A hand truck ramp system for a hand truck comprising: a support rack having spaced vertical rails and horizontal upper, lower and intermediate rails, the horizontal rails being coupled to the vertical rails, a pivotable locking bar between the horizontal rails, side plates with rearward ends attached to the vertical rails adjacent to the lower rail, the side plates having forward ends forwardly of the vertical rails; a rectangular ramp/platform having a forward edge extending forwardly of the vertical rails and a rearward edge extending rearwardly of the vertical rails and having parallel side edges; hinges pivotally coupling the ramp/platform adjacent to its forward edge to the side plates adjacent to their forward edges for movement between raised and lowered orientations; and a cross support bar having ends attached to the ramp/platform adjacent to the side edges parallel with and rearwardly of the horizontal lower rail, the cross support bar being spaced above the ramp/platform.