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. In accordance with certain aspects of embodiments of the invention the hand truck and glide may be automated to automatically stabilize the hand truck, lift it into alignment with the receiver, and then lock the lever arm into place relative to the receiver and vehicle. Further, the system in accordance with aspects of the invention may automatically unload the hand truck from engagement with the vehicle.
HAND TRUCK AUTOMATED LOAD UNLOAD
2022-05-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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