Materials-handling truck

Claim 1

MATERIALS-HANDLING TRUCK COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR BED, AN UPSTANDING FRAME AFFIXED TO THE BED ALONG AN EDGE THEREOF, BED-SUPPORTING WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE BED AND ADAPTED TO SUPPORT IT ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR, WITH A PAIR OF THE WHEELS SPACED APART ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO AND SPACED FROM THAT EDGE OF THE BED, THE WHEEL DIAMETER AND THE WHEEL SPACING FROM THAT EDGE OF THE BED BEING SUCH THAT A TANGENT TO THE LOWER PORTION OF EACH WHEEL FROM THE EDGE OF THE BED DEFINES AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BED AMOUNTING TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-SIXTH OF A RIGHT ANGLE, THE TRUCK BEING ADAPTED TO REST IN TIPPED ORIENTATION ON THAT PAIR OF WHEELS AND THAT EDGE OF THE BED, DEPENDING SWING BRACE PIVOTED ON THE FRAME AND ADAPTED TO SWING OUT BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE BED, AND A STOP ADAPTED TO LIMIT THE ANGLE THROUGH WHICH THE BRACE IS ADAPTED TO SWING OUTWARD, THE TRUCK ALSO BEING ADAPTED TO REST IN FURTHER TIPPED ORIENTATION ON THAT BRACE SWUNG OUTWARD AND THAT EDGE OF THE BED WITH THE WHEELS CLEAR OF THE FLOOR.