Hover-Pallet

A pedestrian operated flat-bed transporter ‘hovercraft’ which hovers just off the ground due to powerful downward blowing fan with a front wheel which acted as a pivot to slightly raise the flat-bed off the ground once the fan was operating. The skirt to the ground was 150mm depth and had a width of 1.22m, whilst the weight of material which it could transport was estimated as 114kg. It was manufactured by the Light Hovercraft Company in the early 1970s but did not gain widespread use.