Patent ID: 8366124

Claim:
A convertible hand truck comprising: a dual-use hand truck body with a first planar member that provides support for items on the hand truck when upright and that provides a table top when reclined 90 degrees; a dual-use load platform with a second planar member that provides a load bearing surface for loads on the hand truck when upright and that provides an extension of the table top when the hand truck is reclined 90 degrees; and a dual-use rack that provides support for items on the hand truck when the hand truck is upright and that provides support legs for the table top when the hand truck is, relative to its upright position, reclined 90 degrees; wherein the rack has a range of rotational motion of 180 degrees with the support legs being rotatable from a position perpendicular to a front surface of the first planar member to a position perpendicular to a back surface of the first planar member.