Magline, Inc.

Swift Water Logistics, Inc.

Bruce L Hailston

Andrew P Richard

Richard A Gillette

Nicholas J Mehl

Thomas A Gillette

Nathan J Hull

A cart may include a frame, a plurality of wheels carried by the frame, a platform movably carried by the frame, and a lift assembly. The lift assembly may be carried at least in part by the frame and operably associated with the platform to move the platform relative to the frame. The lift assembly may include at least one hydraulic actuator having a piston rod movable under hydraulic pressure to move the platform relative to the frame.

Cart with movable platform

A cart that can support and transport loads includes a platform, a number of wheels, a handle, and a wheel assembly. The wheels are mounted to the platform and can move the cart from place-to-place. The handle extends from the platform. And the wheel assembly extends from the platform and can move the cart from place-to-place when the cart is at an inclined position with respect to the ground upon which the cart is moved.

Cart for loads

Structural member for a hand truck or cart

A hand truck, with a vertical frame incorporating side rail channels supported on wheels, and a cargo carrying nose, has a longitudinal cross rail extrusion with terminal ends which extend into the channels. The extrusion in cross-section has top, bottom, and side exterior walls connected with interior curved surfaces defining a longitudinally co-extending socket and threaded channel fasteners tap into the socket to anchor therein. Each side rail channel can be provided with walls cooperating with the rear side wall of the channel to form a rear channel and the wheel brackets connecting the wheels to the side rail channels can be secured by fasteners having parts received in the rear channels.

Hand trucks and methods of constructing them

Hand truck side rail

A hand truck with a generally upright skeletal frame carried on spaced apart wheels connected with the lower portion of the frame incorporates a noseplate and a pallet-supporting fork structure configured to enter a pallet. The noseplate and fork structure are carried on the frame to be interchangeably movable to and from vertically spaced operative positions projecting forwardly at generally right angles to the lower end of the frame and removed stowed positions generally vertically adjacent the frame.

Versatile hand truck

An improved hand truck has a pair of laterally spaced side rails, connected by crosswise braces laterally to form a hand truck frame. Axle supporting front to rear extending brackets are fixed to the lower ends of the side rails and mount axle and wheel mechanism. A forwardly projecting nose piece is fixed to the lower end of the frame. A plurality of trays having product stabilizing crosswise wall abutments of a crosswise length less than the spacing between the side rails have rearwardly extending tray brackets hingedly supported by the frame side rails for movement from a substantially horizontal load supporting operative position above the nose piece to a vertically disposed inoperative stowed position in substantial parallelism with the side rails in which the tray abutments extend between the side rails.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

Bruce L Hailston