GB190210292A - Improvements in Vehicles - Google Patents

Abstract

10,292. Stephens, J. E. May 5. Hand-trucks; invalid carriages; perambulators; wheelbarrows.-Relates to a hand-truck provided with means for carrying the body of a perambulator or wheelbarrow, a loaded sack truck, an invalid or other chair with its occupant, a hose reel, or a loaded platform. The hand-truck comprises two wheels mounted on axle arms 24, which carry vertical guides 4 connected together at the lower ends by the joints 3 and axle 1. The guides carry side pieces 2 to which the handles 7 are adjustably secured, and the side pieces are connected together by a transverse bar 8 and are provided with legs 9. The upper ends of the guides contain spring-supported bearings 5, on which rest the trunnions 6, Figs. 1 and 2, of the body 10 of a wheelbarrow, which is normally held level by means of the perforated pivoted bar 20. The top of the body may be fitted with a table on which furniture or the like may be moved, or the body may be replaced by the body of a perambulator, a loaded sack truck 15, Fig. 5, an invalid or other chair, a hose reel, or a loaded platform 19, Fig. 7, each of which is fitted with trunnions 6, adapted to be engaged in the bearings 5 and lifted and carried by the hand-truck.