Wheelbarrow
OwnerJeffery D. Campbell, Rick D. Foxinventors
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Abstract
A wheelbarrow (10) comprising a frame (18A, 18B) having a pair of handles (2A, 2B) with each handle having a proximal and a distal end and a pair of downwardly depending support elements. A first wheel (7) is secured to the distal ends of the pair of handles (2A, 2B) by a frame element and a rear set of wheels (20A, 20B) is secured to the proximal ends of the pair of handles (2A, 2B) by a frame element (22). The first wheel includes an internal brake drum and internal brake shoes (9) secured to a brake cable with a cam and to a hand operated reversing brake lever. A load bucket (1) is mounted to the frame and is slideable moveable on the frame.
Claims12
A wheelbarrow, comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of handles secured to said frame each handle having a proximal and a distal end thereto and a pair of downwardly depending support elements;
- a first wheel secured to the distal ends of the pair of handles by frame elements;
- a rear set of wheels secured to the proximal ends of the pair of handles by frame elements;
- an internal brake drum and internal brake shoes operably mounted in said first wheel;
- a brake cable with a cam actuated tension control mechanism operably linked to said internal brake drum and brake shoes;
- and
- a load bucket secured to said frame, said load bucket having means for unloading a load carried therein by slideably positioning said load bucket in relation to said frame.
An improved wheelbarrow of the type in which a frame is secured to a pair of handles each handle having a proximal and a distal end thereto and a pair of downwardly depending support elements, a first wheel is secured to the distal ends of the pair of handles by frame elements, and a load bucket is secured to the frame, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a rear set of wheels secured to the proximal ends of the pair of handles by a frame element;
- and
- an internal brake drum and internal brake shoes operably mounted in said first wheel and linked to a brake cable with a cam and secured to a brake lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.