Wheelbarrow and garden tool storage rack
OwnerHarry Ratzloff, Jacob J. Reimerinventors
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Abstract
A rack is disclosed for placement on a wall surface for the suspended storage of garden tools and a wheelbarrow. A horizontal rack member slidably receives multiple brackets on which the heads of the stored tools may rest. Sleeves having wire bails are also slidably mounted on the horizontal rack member and receive the handles of a wheelbarrow. A vertical rack member is coupled to the first mentioned rack member and is provided with a wheelbarrow support in a manner offsetting the wheelbarrow from the wall permitting tools to be stored between the wheelbarrow and the supporting wall surface.
Claims3
A combination wheelbarrow and garden tool storage rack for wall attachment, said rack comprising in combination,
- a horizontal rack member, means for securing said rack member in abutment with a wall surface,
- a vertical rack member in intersecting relationship with the horizontal rack member, connector means retaining the vertical rack member in intersecting relationship with said horizontal rack member, said connector means comprising C-shaped sleeves permanently secured to one another in perpendicular relationship, locking means carried by each of said sleeves and serving to secure a rack member and sleeve against movement,
- tool supporting brackets slidably supported supported for selected positioning along the horizontal member of the rack,
- sleeve mounted bails slidably supported by the horizontal rack member and positionable therealong to each receive a wheelbarrow handle and to retain same in outward spaced relationship to a rack supporting wall surface,
- a wheelbarrow support slidably attachable to the vertical rack member and including an outwardly projecting support for the retention of the lip of a wheelbarrow pan, and
- said sleeve mounted bails extending outwardly from said rack member a horizontal distance so as to support the wheelbarrow in spaced relationship to the wall to permit the storage of garden tools on said brackets between the wheelbarrow and the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.