Abstract: A hand-operated truck comprises a frame having a base and an upstanding portion which includes two main wheels at its bottom side, a hand-operated lift assembly above the wheels and a top handle portion. An auxiliary wheel is mounted on the upstanding portion above the main wheel and can be grounded to cooperate with the main wheels to support a load when the upstanding portion is inclined. The lift assembly includes a reel and a rope for lowering and raising the load, and a brake assembly for controlling the lowering and lifting operation.

Abstract: A utility hand cart is disclosed which is particularly suited for use in lifting and transporting bulky heavy objects, such as automobile transmissions, air conditioner compressors, etc. The cart comprises a lower U-shaped rectangular frame and an elongated inverted U-shaped handle having its lower open ends pivotally attached to each side of the lower frame. Wheels are rotatably mounted on a bracket beneath each side of the handle and move therewith to engage the lower frame member. In use, the cart is wheeled into position and the handle is raised to pivot the front end of the lower frame about the wheel axis to contact the floor surface and the front of the lower frame is slid beneath the object to be lifted. When properly positioned, the handle is raised further causing the wheel to pivot upwardly relative to the lower frame until the lower frame is resting horizontally on the floor. When the handle is released, a spring returns the handle to the lower position and the wheel axle engages the lower frame.

Abstract: A hand truck for lifting and transporting objects. The truck includes an elongated frame attached to a wheel assembly. A carriage is mounted on the frame to travel the length of the frame. The carriage includes a load bed that extends across the frame, and at least one proturbance located below the load bed that extends above the load bed. A seizing arm is pivotally attached to the carriage above the load body and has a seizing arm with a grip point directed toward the load body. The seizing arm has a stem that extends beyond the pivot point attachment opposite the seizing arm body. A winch with cable are attached to the top of the frame. The free end of the cable is attached to the seizing arm stem. Retracting the cable causes the seizing arm to pivot so the grip point is forced against as object located on the carriage. The force of the seizing arm is sufficient to secure the object between the grip point and the carriage.

Abstract: An improved power assisted hand truck includes a lower frame and an upper, upwardly extending, tilting frame for supporting a load in generally upright and rearwardly tilting orientations. The upper frame is tilted forward by a first hydraulic actuator mounted between the lower and upper frame portions. To stabilize the hand truck while raising the load, a stabilizer, pivotally mounted to the frame, is driven by a second hydraulic actuator mounted between the frame and the stabilizer. The first and second actuators are powered by a hand pump. Pressurizing the retract port of the second actuator causes the stabilizer to move until it contacts the ground. Continued pressurization of the retract port causes the second hydraulic actuator to pull the upper frame towards its rearwardly tilting position. The extend port of the second actuator is then pressurized slightly to cause the stabilizer to pivot away from the ground. The load is lowered by pressurizing the extend port of the first actuator.

Abstract: A loader, transport and worktable cart having a base supported by front and rear wheels. An upright column supported by the base and in turn supporting a platform for up and down movement of the platform upon operation of a winch. A stop pivotally supported by the base to stop the front of the platform against downward movement past a predetermined level. A pivotal support for the rear of the platform allowing it to be lowered below the predetermined level so that when the rear of the cart is lifted the platform will be swung toward a generally level orientation. Spring retained cables for locking the platform against the stop. Glides behind the front wheels for aiding movement of the cart up or down steps. Handles extending upwardly and rearwardly from the rear of the base with hand grips positioned to be held by a repair-person standing generally erect when the rear of the cart is raised.

Abstract: Apparatus for delivering solid fuel into a fireplace safely and easily includes a fuel supporting rack which may be pivoted between a horizontal fuel supporting position to a downwardly angled unloading position by means of a control lever having its operating end positioned a substantial distance from the fireplace.

Abstract: A light weight carriage having a flat bed and a pivotal ramp also includes a winch and counterbalance assembly is first hauled to the roof of a building or other elevated location. Gutter guards are then installed to the carriage and the ramp is placed in its supported inclined position. A separate platform or pallet to which a load is attached, and having a plurality of small wheels thereunder, is connected to the cable of the winch on the carriage and is winched up the wall of the building, over the gutter guards, over a wheel-protecting block on the ramp and into its final position on the ramp. The ramp is lowered and the assembly is used like a dolly to move the load to its final location.

Abstract: A dolly for lifting and carrying dead sows and the like from and in confined spaces, respectively. A platform on castors with a vertical back has a removable pulley, at their adjoinment, through which a cable first pulls the sow horizontally onto the platform and then vertically, after the pulley is removed, along the vertical back. The cable is pulled by a winch attached to the rear side of the vertical back.

Abstract: Apparatus for moving large, heavy, unwieldy objects includes a pair of hand trucks, each of which has a frame with a lift plate slidably mounted in the frame. A jack is positioned on each frame to raise and lower the lift plate. Two pairs of wheels are mounted on the base of each frame with one pair of swivel wheels mounted on the underside of the base and a pair of fixed wheels of larger diameter than the swivel wheels being secured to the base. The perimeters of the fixed wheels are above those of the swivel wheels by a slight distance when the hand trucks are substantially vertical. Large, heavy objects such as refrigerators, vending machines, and the like, are positioned between the trucks and are supported on the lift plates by being positioned on the lift platforms with which each lift plate is provided or by being supported by attachment brackets to the lift plates. The weight of the object is transferred to the wheels of the trucks by operating the jacks to raise the lift plates.

Abstract: An improved hand truck for loading, transporting and unloading of containerized materials which is characterized by a pivoted frame section which in cooperation with a manually actuated release mechanism provides a lever to simply push a container from the platform of the truck or push the platform away from the container to simply and easily unload the container where desired.

Abstract: A self-loading and unloading carpet cart is a light-weight, two-wheeled, tiltable cart having an endless belt conveyor centered above and between the wheels. A dual-drum winch is mounted forwardly of the wheels. For loading a carpet roll on the conveyor, the cart is positioned at one end of the roll with the conveyor aligned lengthwise with the roll. A cable connected to each winch drum is extensible rearwardly along the sides of the conveyor to connect to opposite sides of a carpet roll yoke. The yoke is adapted to engage the remote end of the carpet roll so that the roll can be winched onto the conveyor. A reversible, variable-speed electric motor is drivably connected to the conveyor, wheels and winch via separate clutches. The conveyor, wheels and winch are synchronized so that they can be operated separately or together in various combinations to load, transport, or unload a carpet roll in a variety of situations.

Abstract: A device for raising and transport of goods.The present invention relates to a device for raising and transport of goods in the form of sacks, wood boxes, cartons, cargo flats, etc. said device comprises a wheel carried frame (1) with a handle (7).By the present invention the design of such a device is simplified and thereby the manufacturing costs and maintenance costs are reduced and at the same time the reliability is increased.The present invention is characterized by a lever means (9, 10) in the wheel carried frame (1) to be insertable under the goods (48) for raising of the goods (48) and to be swingable during movement of the wheel carried frame (1) in under the goods (48) to a transport position (FIG. 11), in which the lever means (9, 10) is directed in a direction opposite the direction in which the lever means (9, 10) is inserted under the goods (48), and in which position the goods (48) rests on the frame (1).

Abstract: The invention provides a trailer including a wheeled chassis which is connected to a load support frame by an articulated linkage whereby the frame can be moved vertically in relation to the chassis. A manually actuated lever enables the frame to be vertically moved between a lowered, unloading position and an upper, traveling position. The linkage enables the loading frame to be angled forwardly and downwardly in the traveling position whereby a catamaran or other load mounted thereon provides a stabilizing aero-foil effect during forward movement of the trailer.

Abstract: A dolly for transporting projectiles of separate loading ammunition has a frame mounted on a pair of spaced rollers and has a manually engageable grip at the end thereof away from the rollers. A curved backing plate is mounted on the frame in front of the rollers and a lever is pivoted to the frame at a height appropriate to the length of the projectile. The end of the lever away from the rollers is provided with pin means to engage the ring in the projectile end closure plug and the other end of the lever is provided with a bail to assist in rotation of the lever to lift the projectile and permit it to swing against the backing plate. Latch means are mounted on the frame to lock the lever in position in which the projectile is raised and is lying against the backing plate. The arrangement of the pins in the lever is such that a pair of smaller diameter projectiles may be lifted onto the dolly at the same time or a single larger diameter projectile may be lifted onto the dolly.

Abstract: A hand truck for transporting loads which obviates the necessity of tilting the load prior to positioning the latter on the hand truck. The hand truck is devoid of any bottom plate and carries a pair of jaws clampable on the top flange, or bead, of a load and which suspends the load along the inclined truck frame when the truck frame is moved about on its wheels. The hand truck is further characterized by the provision of a foot-operated jack mechanism to raise the clamped load along the truck frame, so that the load may be deposited at any desired elevation when its destination is reached. The jaws are so arranged that they automatically increase the clamping pressure clamp on the load bead, or top flange, when the load exerts a downward pull on said jaws.

Abstract: An improved hand truck is provided for use on construction sites for lifting and transporting banded stacks of masonry products such as bricks and blocks. The hand truck includes a frame supported by a pair of wheels for movement along the ground and tiltable from a vertical position wherein a stack of masonry products can be engaged toward an inclined position wherein the stack can be transported. The frame supports a quickly and conveniently adjustable movable plate for use in supporting the individual units in the stack when the hand truck is in an inclined position and a pair of projecting tongs for insertion into openings in the stacks whereby the stacks can be lifted off the ground when the hand truck is tilted.

Abstract: A hand truck for lifting and moving heavy objects on a floor surface, the truck having a frame with spaced apart handles at the upper end, a toe plate affixed to the lower end of the frame extending generally normal to the frame, the rear lower edge of the toe plate forming a pivot junction with the frame, an axle arm affixed to the lower end of the frame on the side opposite the toe plate supporting an axle having spaced apart wheels, the axle arm allowing the axle to pivot relative to the frame, support brackets affixed to the frame rearward surface, the support brackets extending to engage the axle when the frame is rearwardly pivoted and arranged such that rearward movement of the upper end of the frame first pivots the toe plate from engagement with the floor about the pivot junction and then lifts the toe plate, and any load supported thereon, off the floor, while nevertheless allowing the wheels to at all times remain in contact with the floor, and a catch arm pivotally attached to the frame and having

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wheeled carrier for sides of meat and more particularly to a dolly having a vertically adjustable hook supporting mast to lift and carry larger pieces of meat from a hanging position to a cutting area.

Abstract: A vehicle tow trailer particularly useful for farm vehicles such as tractors or combines having an underslung frame with cradles for receiving the front wheels of the vehicle. The trailer is arranged with steerable wheels which track the angular relationship of a tow bar. Light weight towing vehicles can tow heavy equipment by arranging the cradles to position the axes of rotation of the trailer supported wheels of the towed vehicle ahead of the axis of rotation of the trailer wheels thereby loading the towing vehicle through the tow bar to give it better traction. The towed vehicle is afforded an abutment bar near the center of the cradle supported wheels to prevent the overrun of the towed vehicle on the towing vehicle and to provide a means for securing the towed vehicle to the trailer as by a chain. The underslung trailer body has skids on its underbody to facilitate traversing rough terrain as where a trailer wheel falls into a hole.