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A wheeled trolley comprising a base chassis which includes a load support platform and a set of ground-contacting wheel elements which may be swivel castors, and an upright support structure fixed to and projecting upwardly from a rear portion of the base chassis, and surmounted by a push-handle ass

A wheeled trolley comprising a base chassis which includes a load support platform and a set of ground-contacting wheel elements which may be swivel castors, and an upright support structure fixed to and projecting upwardly from a rear portion of the base chassis, and surmounted by a push-handle assembly. In one aspect an upwardly open supplementary luggage receptacle is mounted on the rear side of the upright structure to permit the receptacle to be made substantially larger than hitherto without obstructing the main luggage-carrying capacity of the platform. In another aspect, the rear wheel elements are offset rearwardly relative to the back end of the platform to improve stability. In a third aspect the platform is forwardly inclined for ease of stacking and generally lowered for stability and convenience of loading by a rearwardly inclined interconnecting portion of the chassis between the rear end of the platform and the base end of the upright support structure. In a fourth aspect, which is applicable to many different kinds of trolley, the handle assembly has a centre cross-bar spaced rearwardly of the support structure and two side portions projecting upwardly and forwardly from opposite ends of the cross-bar portion to provide for a comfortable double pistol-grip holding action by the user.

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A trolley comprising a base chassis which includes a load support platform and a set of ground-contacting wheel elements, an upright support structure fixed to and projecting upwardly from a rear portion of said base chassis, a push-handle assembly mounted in the region of the upper end of the uprig

A trolley comprising a base chassis which includes a load support platform and a set of ground-contacting wheel elements, an upright support structure fixed to and projecting upwardly from a rear portion of said base chassis, a push-handle assembly mounted in the region of the upper end of the upright support structure, and an upwardly open supplementary load receptacle mounted on said support structure above the level of the platform, wherein: a) said set of ground-contacting wheel elements includes a pair of rear wheel elements mounted at respective opposite sides of said rear portion of the base chassis; b) said upright support structure includes a base portion and a main upper portion which is offset forwardly relative to said base portion; c) said rear wheel elements are mounted at respective mounting positions to said base portion of said upright support structure; d) said main upper portion defines the rear limit to which the load support platform may be loaded, said rear limit lying forwardly of the mounting positions of said rear wheel elements; e) said load support platform is upwardly inclined in the forward direction to permit the trolley to be nested with other identical trolleys so that in the nested position said platform will overlap with the platform of the trolley in front; f) said supplementary load receptacle is mounted on the rear side of said main upper portion of said upright support structure and wherein g) the base chassis includes an interconnecting portion connected to the upright support structure immediately above said pair of rear wheel elements at a first position or positions disposed at a first level, and to the rear of the load support platform at one or more second positions disposed forwardly of the first position or positions at a second level, said second level being lower than the first level.