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A load gripping hand cart includes a wheel supported frame with a projectionless load abutment surface that can be positioned adjacent to one side of an elongated load. Arms are selectively pivoted on the frame by a manually operated actuator mechanism to converge against sides of the load and secur

A load gripping hand cart includes a wheel supported frame with a projectionless load abutment surface that can be positioned adjacent to one side of an elongated load. Arms are selectively pivoted on the frame by a manually operated actuator mechanism to converge against sides of the load and secure it to the load abutment surface. The actuator mechanism includes self-locking features that facilitate locking of the arms against the load in a closed orientation. The actuator mechanism is situated separate from the handle end of the cart frame so the load can be secured to the cart frame and so the arms can be locked in an operation separate and independent from the lifting and transport operation which is controlled from the handle end of the frame.

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A load gripping hand cart, comprising: an elongated cart frame extending longitudinally from a foot end to a handle end, with a forwardly facing load abutment surface between said ends; a ground engaging wheel rotatably mounted to the frame for rotation about a wheel axis adjacent the foot end there

A load gripping hand cart, comprising: an elongated cart frame extending longitudinally from a foot end to a handle end, with a forwardly facing load abutment surface between said ends; a ground engaging wheel rotatably mounted to the frame for rotation about a wheel axis adjacent the foot end thereof; load grab means on the frame including a pair of pivoted load gripping arms for movement thereon forward of the load abutment surface between an open position for loosely receiving and releasing the load and a closed position for gripping and supporting the load manual actuator means on the frame separate and independent from the handle end and spaced toward the foot end of the frame from the handle end, operatively connected to the load grab means for manual operation to move the load grab means between the open and closed positions, and for selectively releasably locking the load grab means in the closed position; wherein the actuator means is comprised of toggle means on the frame having a manually operable lever and toggle linkage connected to the arms for operation in response to manual manipulation of said lever to pivot the arms apart relative to one another to said open position and to pivot the arms toward one another to said closed position, and wherein the toggle linkage moves to an over-center, locked position as the arms are moved to said closed position.