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US 11,084,514 B2Granted
Semipermanent wheelbarrow enclosure
AssigneeToolspace Pty Ltd
InventorJason Chester
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AssigneeToolspace Pty Ltd
InventorJason Chester
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A semipermanent enclosure for a wheelbarrow is used to allow building contractors, installers and the like, some of which already have wheelbarrows, to affix the enclosure to the wheelbarrow in a convenient manner for use as a semi-secure storage box which may be left on site and accessed relatively easily. The enclosure has a plastic body having a dome portion surrounded by a wheelbarrow edge engaging periphery portion. The dome portion rises upwardly from the periphery portion so as to increase storage space there underneath, especially for tools, equipment and the like piled above the edge of the wheelbarrow. The periphery may comprise a forward engagement which locks under the front edge of the wheelbarrow rim and which are secured at a rear thereof using fasteners penetrating the periphery and the adjacent rim of the wheelbarrow. The periphery may be sized and shaped to suit most commercial wheelbarrow rim sizings.
A method of enclosing a wheelbarrow using an enclosure, the enclosure having a plastic body having a dome portion and a wheelbarrow edge engaging periphery portion thereabout, the periphery having a rear, front and sides therebetween, the rear and sides being straight and the front being curved, the dome portion having an access aperture thereatop and a lid for selectively closing the aperture, the enclosure further comprising a downwardly extending engagement at the front of the periphery which further extends rearwardly so as to engage under a front portion of a wheelbarrow edge in use, the method comprising engaging the enclosure under a front edge of the wheelbarrow and lowering the rear of the enclosure across the edge of the wheelbarrow and driving at least one fastener through the periphery into the edge of the wheelbarrow.
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