Land vehicles – Step or abutment ascending type vehicle – Fulcrum attachment
Patent
1994-03-08
1995-11-07
Rice, Kenneth R.
Land vehicles
Step or abutment ascending type vehicle
Fulcrum attachment
280 4712, 280 472, B62B 502
Patent
active
054642345
ABSTRACT:
A fulcrum and method of use for passage of a hand truck rearward, handles first, over a curb and onto an adjacent raised surface such as a sidewalk. A short pivotable arm attached to rails of the truck is the fulcrum, and is positioned low on the rearward side of the truck to render high leverage. The arm is connected to stop members which limit outward movement of the arm to about a perpendicular angle to the rails. A latch maintains the arm initially outward for the curb climbing process. In use, the truck is first positioned with its rear side facing the curb, the arm in the outward latched position, and with the truck wheels on the lower surface adjacent the curb, and the truck cargo platform facing outward away from the curb. The truck rails are then manually pulled rearward and downward in an arch over the sidewalk to engage the distal end of the arm against the top of the curb. Continued pulling on the handles causes the wheels and cargo platform to raise above the top of the curb as the truck is pivoted on the arm. After the wheels are raised above the curb, and with continued downward rail movement and resultant angular change, the latch automatically disengages, the arm pivots toward a stored position of the distal end adjacent the cargo platform, resulting in movement of the truck horizontally as the wheels are lowered to the sidewalk.
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Rice Kenneth R.
Zeender F.
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