IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,305,802
Granted Patent B2
US 11,305,802 · App. 16/727,981 · Granted Apr 19, 2022

Hand truck easy hitch

Inventor: Steve Winden (Mesa, AZ)
B62B5/0003B60D1/065B60D1/52B62B1/12B60D2001/005B62B1/10
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Patent No.
US 11,305,802
App. No.
16/727,981
Granted
Apr 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus for interconnecting a hand truck or dolly to a vehicle receiver or hitch while hauling a heavy load. The apparatus includes a base, an extendable lever arm and a separable intermediary glide. The base couples with the hand truck, the lever arm is extendable from the base, and the intermediary glide interconnects the lever arm to a receiver attached to a vehicle.

Claims (30)

1. An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to a receiver mounted to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a base having a hand truck receiving portion;

a lever arm extending from the base and having a free end portion extending outward from the base; the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a receiver; and

a glide that is separable from the lever arm and receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the receiver; and further wherein the glide has a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further including an end portion of the lever arm that is slidingly extendable from the base.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 2 , further including a lever lock coupled to the base and having a first locked position that engages the lever arm and having a second retracted position that disengages the lever arm from the lock.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further including a storage slot formed in the base and adapted for storing the glide within the base.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the glide further includes a button ball release that compresses into the glide and actuates outward from the glide when a compressing force is not present.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further including a hand truck attachment plate that engages a bottom of the base.

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the glide.

8. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the lever arm.

9. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 , wherein the glide further includes an actuable latch having an end portion extending outward from a side of the glide.

10. An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to a receiver of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a base having a hand truck receiving portion;

a lever arm extendable from the base, the lever arm having an end portion slidingly engaged with the base and a free end portion extending outward from the base; the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a receiver; and

a glide that is separate from the lever arm and receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the receiver; the glide having a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm.

11. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , further including a lever lock coupled to the base and having a first locked position that engages the lever arm and having a second extending position that disengages the lever arm from the lock.

12. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , further including a storage slot formed in the base and adapted for storing the glide within the base.

13. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , wherein the glide further includes a compressible button ball release that compresses inward into a hollow portion of the glide.

14. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , further including a hand truck attachment plate that engages a bottom of the base.

15. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the glide.

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the lever arm.

17. The apparatus as recited in claim 10 , wherein the lever arm includes an aperture extending through a sidewall of the lever arm, the aperture adaptable to receive a hitch pin.

18. An apparatus for connecting a hand truck to the trailer hitch receiver of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

a base having a hand truck receiving portion;

a lever arm extendable from the base, the lever arm having a rearward end portion slidingly engaged with the base and a free end portion extending outward from the base; the free end portion includes a claw wherein the free end portion is adapted to be received within a trailer hitch receiver;

a glide that is separable from the lever arm and trailer hitch receiver, wherein the glide is adapted to be received within the trailer hitch receiver; the glide having a pivot member adapted to couple with the claw of the lever arm; and wherein the glide further includes a compressible button ball release that engages the trailer hitch receiver; and

a lever lock coupled to the base and having a first locked position that engages the lever arm and having a second extending position that disengages the lever arm from the lock.

19. The apparatus as recited in claim 18 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the glide.

20. The apparatus as recited in claim 18 , further including wear plates attached to sides of the lever arm.

Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62848021 · May 15, 2019
Related Publication 20200361508A1 · Nov 19, 2020
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