US 11,834,087 B2
Handcart
Yoshinori Shibata, Anjo (JP); Susumu Kato, Anjo (JP); Tomonobu Nashimoto, Anjo (JP); Kohei Oishi, Anjo (JP); and Yasuo Ifuku, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/986,362.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-146875 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019; application No. 2019-146876 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019; and application No. 2019-146878 (JP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0039697 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B62B 3/02 (2006.01); B62B 5/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/34 (2006.01); B62B 3/08 (2006.01); F16H 48/20 (2012.01); B62B 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62B 3/02 (2013.01) [B62B 3/08 (2013.01); B62B 5/0046 (2013.01); B62B 5/0053 (2013.01); B62B 5/0066 (2013.01); B62B 5/04 (2013.01); F16H 48/20 (2013.01); F16H 63/345 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handcart comprising:
a chassis unit; and
a container unit configured to be detachably attached to the chassis unit,
wherein
the chassis unit includes:
a front wheel unit rotatably supporting a front wheel;
a rear wheel unit rotatably supporting a rear wheel;
a chassis frame extending in a front-rear direction and supporting the front wheel unit and the rear wheel unit; and
a prime mover configured to rotate at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel as a drive wheel,
the container unit is selected from a group including at least a first type of container unit and a second type of container unit structurally different from the first type of container unit,
the first type of container unit includes:
a first type of container; and
a first type of container frame extending in the front-rear direction and supporting the first type of container, wherein the first type of container is configured to be movable with respect to at least a portion of the first type of container frame while the first type of container unit is attached to the chassis unit,
the second type of container unit includes:
a second type of container structurally different from the first type of container; and
a second type of container frame structurally different from the first type of container frame, the second type of container frame extending in the front-rear direction and supporting the second type of container, wherein the second type of container is configured to be movable with respect to at least a portion of the second type of container frame while the second type of container unit is attached to the chassis unit, and
the first type of container frame of the first type of container unit includes a first support base configured to support a tilting actuator, and the second type of container frame of the second type of container unit includes a second support base, different from the first support base, and configured to support a lifting actuator.