ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,880, issued on May 13.
"Water heater hand trucks" was invented by Dale Lee Anderson (Fallbrook, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are hand trucks for installing and removing water heaters. The disclosed water heater hand trucks enable a single person to lift the water heater onto a platform and to keep the water heater above the water heater pan during installation and removal. The disclosed hand trucks generally include a main platform and a wheel frame. A water heater is strapped to the main platform which has curved legs at the bottom with rubber landing feet. This design is used to keep the water heater above...