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US 5,031,926 AGranted
Wheelbarrow conversion kit
OwnerDavid D. Wannamakerinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for utilizing a wheelbarrow as a garden tractor, wherein the organization includes an elongate frame rail rotatably mounting a wheel at each end thereof. An elongate tongue is orthogonally mounted to the frame member utilizing removable pins, and wherein the frame member is secured to or adjacent "U" shaped frame supports of the associated wheelbarrow, wherein the tongue is provided with an aperture at a remote terminal end thereof for securement to a coupling hitch of an associated tractor vehicle.
Claims5
A wheelbarrow conversion kit comprising, in combination,
- a wheelbarrow defined by a support container, the support container overlying a first and second elongate support arm, the first and second elongate support arm angulated relative to one another at forwardmost terminal ends thereof mounting a forward support wheel rotatably therebetween, and
- a first "U" shaped frame integrally mounted underlying the first elongate support arm and a second "U" shaped frame underlying the second elongate support arm, the first and second "U" shaped frames each respectively including a respective first and second rear vertical frame leg, each respective first and second rear vertical frame leg including a respective first and second support aperture directed therethrough, and
- a carriage member, the carriage member including an elongate frame rail, the frame rail including spaced terminal ends, wherein each terminal end mounts a carriage wheel rotatably thereon, and the carriage member including mounting means for selectivety mounting the frame rail to the first and second support apertures and
- wherein the frame rail comprises an elongate "L" shaped frame rail defined by a downwardly extending vertical frame rail, wherein the vertical frame rail includes a plurality of rail apertures directed therethrough, and a fastener selectively mounted through each support aperture and through a selective rail aperture to secure said carriage member to the respective first and second "U" shaped frames.
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