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US 12,522,270 B1Granted
Concrete tool support shelf or rack for a concrete wheelbarrow or similar device and a method of using a concrete tool support shelf or rack to clean concrete materials from concrete tools
OwnerDennis K. Wattersinventor
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Abstract
A concrete tool support shelf or rack for a concrete wheelbarrow or similar device and a method of using a concrete tool support shelf or rack to clean concrete materials from concrete tools.
Claims8
A concrete wheelbarrow shelf arrangement configured to support concrete tools thereon, said concrete wheelbarrow shelf arrangement comprising:
- a main body portion being configured, upon installation on a wheelbarrow, to be disposed to cover over or span across a portion of a wheelbarrow basin;
- said main body portion comprising openings therein to permit water and concrete material to pass through said shelf and into the wheelbarrow basin upon cleaning of concrete tools;
- an outer flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said upper surface of said main body portion;
- said out flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
- at least one inner flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said lower surface of said main body portion;
- said at least one inner flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
- at least one holding ring being configured to hold brushes or similar cleaning implements;
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- a retaining bracket being configure to suspend said shelf arrangement from the lip of the wheelbarrow basin in a storage position adjacent a rear surface of the wheelbarrow basin and between handles of the wheelbarrow upon said shelf arrangement not being in use to clean concrete tools.
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A concrete wheelbarrow shelf arrangement configured to support concrete tools thereon, said concrete wheelbarrow shelf arrangement comprising:
- a main body portion being configured, upon installation on a wheelbarrow, to be disposed to cover over or span across a portion of a wheelbarrow basin;
- said main body portion comprising openings therein to permit water and concrete material to pass through said shelf and into the wheelbarrow basin upon cleaning of concrete tools;
- an outer flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said upper surface of said main body portion;
- said out flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
- at least one inner flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said lower surface of said main body portion;
- said at least one inner flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
- at least one holding ring being configured to hold brushes or similar cleaning implements;
- a scraping flange being disposed to project out of an upper surface of said main body portion and being configured to be used to scrape concrete material off of concrete tools being rubbed back and forth against said scraping flange;
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- a retaining bracket being configured to suspend said shelf arrangement from the lip of the wheelbarrow basin in a storage position adjacent a rear surface of the wheelbarrow basin and between handles of the wheelbarrow upon said shelf arrangement not being in use to clean concrete tools.
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A method of cleaning concrete tools, said method comprising the steps of:
- having a concrete wheelbarrow shelf arrangement comprising:
- a main body portion being configured, upon installation on a wheelbarrow, to be disposed to cover over or span across a portion of a wheelbarrow basin;
- said main body portion comprising openings therein to permit water and concrete material to pass through said shelf and into the wheelbarrow basin upon cleaning of concrete tools;
- an outer flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said upper surface of said main body portion;
- said out flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
- at least one inner flange being disposed to extend transverse to or essentially perpendicular to said lower surface of said main body portion;
- said at least one inner flange being configured to minimize or prevent sliding movement of said shelf arrangement along a lip of the wheelbarrow basin;
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- at least one holding ring being configured to hold brushes or similar cleaning implements;
- installing said concrete wheelbarrow shelf on a wheelbarrow by placing said main body to cover over or span across a portion of a wheelbarrow basin;
- wetting a concrete tool with water from said wheelbarrow basin or other container;
- removing concrete material from said concrete tool by rubbing or scraping a portion of said concrete tool against or across said main body portion or manually brushing or scraping a portion of said concrete tool being supported on or held by said concrete wheelbarrow shelf;
- catching at least a substantial portion of removed concrete material in said wheelbarrow basin;
- rinsing said concrete tool by at least one of steps (i) and (ii):
- (i) submerging said concrete tool in water in said wheelbarrow basin by inserting said concrete tool into the portion of said wheelbarrow basin not covered by said main body;
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- (ii) placing said concrete tool on said concrete wheelbarrow shelf and pouring water over said concrete tool, taken from either said wheelbarrow basin or another source of water, and permitting the poured water and any concrete material removed thereby to flow through said openings in said main body and into said wheelbarrow basin;
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- placing other concrete tools on said main body or in said at least one holding ring for temporary storage prior to cleaning or after cleaning.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.