Patent · US Expired

Hand truck for moving 3 point hitch equipment

US6474930B1 · kind B1 · utility

24Cited by
16References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 16, 2000
Grant dateNov 5, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 16, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S414/133
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheeled hand truck adapted to carry lightweight three-point tractor hitch equipment. The hand truck has a frame made from two vertical rails, a handle, and some transverse ribs. An axle and a pair of wheels serve as the pivot point of the frame when the device is lifting objects. An extensible, upper support arm has a near end that is pivotally mounted to an upper rib. The support arm pivots up and down along a vertical plane, and has an apertured far end for attaching to the upper point of a three-point hitch connection. The hand truck also has a pair of lower lift arms that pivot from side to side along a substantially horizontal plane so as to be adjustably connectable to the lower two points of a three-point hitch connection.

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