Final Design

The present invention provides a four-wheeled human-driven load-carrying hand-cart with an in-built steering mechanism which eliminated the need to lift the hand-cart by its rear wheels to turn it around a bend about its front wheels. This modified hand-cart comprises of a metallic frame, a cart platform, four wheels and a steering sub-assembly fixed to the axle of the front wheels, comprising of a C-shaped handle bar, a pivot, a shaft and bearings. This steering mechanism is adapted for use in such hand-carts through movement of a C-shaped handle bar in such a way that when the bar is moved to the left or right, the cart moves in the opposite direction, making it possible to turn the cart around a bend like a motor vehicle. This modification thus enables higher loads to be carried on hand-carts, which can be turned around bends with lesser human fatigue and injuries.