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US 12,134,417 B2Granted
Wheelbarrow and kit for assembling same
OwnerWilliam Kurt Feickinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are aspects of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures that comprise a plurality of interconnected discrete structural components implemented in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections between such components. In particular, Advantageously, implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components in a manner that enhances and maintains structural rigidity at the interconnections thereof improves operability and longevity of use of wheelbarrows and other similar types of wheeled material transport structures utilize such an implementation of the interconnected discrete structural components.
Claims24
A wheelbarrow, comprising:
- a frame;
- support legs engaged in a spaced-apart manner with a rear portion of the frame and extending from a bottom side of the frame;
- and
- a leg brace engaged with the frame and each of the support legs, wherein an upper portion of the leg brace is engaged with the frame for constraining fore and aft movement of the upper portion of the leg brace relative to the frame, wherein a lower portion of the leg brace is engaged with each of the support legs for constraining fore and aft movement, lateral movement, and rotational movement of each of the support legs relative to the lower portion of the leg brace, and wherein:
- the lower portion of the leg brace includes protruding stubs each engaged within a passage of a stub receptacle of a respective one of the support legs;
- and
- each protruding stub and the passage of the stub receptacle of each support leg has a rectangular cross-sectional shape.
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A wheelbarrow, comprising:
- a frame;
- support legs engaged in a spaced-apart manner with a rear portion of the frame and extending from a bottom side of the frame;
- and
- a leg brace engaged with the frame and each of the support legs, wherein an upper portion of the leg brace is engaged with the frame for constraining fore and aft movement of the upper portion of the leg brace relative to the frame, wherein a lower portion of the leg brace is engaged with each of the support legs for constraining fore and aft movement, lateral movement, and rotational movement of each of the support legs relative to the lower portion of the leg brace, and wherein:
- the lower portion of the leg brace includes protruding stubs each engaged within a passage of a stub receptacle of a respective one of the support legs;
- and
- each protruding stub and the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs are jointly dimensioned such that the protruding stubs each being engaged within the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs limits rotational movement of the protruding stub relative to the stub receptacle.
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A wheelbarrow, comprising:
- a frame having spaced-apart handles;
- at least one wheel attached to a forward portion of the frame and positioned below a bottom side of the frame;
- a tub engaged with and extending above a top side of the frame;
- support legs engaged in a spaced-apart manner with a rear portion of the frame and extending from the bottom side thereof;
- and
- a leg brace engaged with the frame and each of the support legs, wherein an upper portion of the leg brace is engaged within a laterally-extending channel of the frame, wherein a lower portion of the leg brace includes protruding stubs each engaged within a passage of a stub receptacle of a respective one of the support legs, and wherein each protruding stub and the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs are jointly dimensioned such that the protruding stubs each being engaged within the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs limits rotational movement of the protruding stub relative to the stub receptacle.
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A kit for fabricating a wheelbarrow, comprising:
- a frame;
- support legs engageable in a spaced-apart manner with a rear portion of the frame to extend below a bottom side of the frame;
- and
- a leg brace engageable with the frame and each of the support legs, wherein an upper portion of the leg brace is engaged with the frame for constraining fore and aft movement of the upper portion of the leg brace relative to the frame, wherein a lower portion of the leg brace is engaged with each of the support legs for constraining fore and aft movement, lateral movement, and rotational movement of each of the support legs relative to the lower portion of the leg brace, and wherein
- the lower portion of the leg brace includes protruding stubs each engaged within a passage of a stub receptacle of a respective one of the support legs;
- and
- each protruding stub and the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs are jointly dimensioned such that the protruding stubs each being engaged within the passage of the stub receptacle of the respective one of the support legs limits rotational movement of the protruding stub relative to the stub receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.