Storage attachments for wheelbarrows
OwnerDean A. Plevkainventor
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Abstract
Wheelbarrow attachments for releasably supporting tools having rod-like handles, such as rakes, shovels, and the like, and for storing small hand tools and the like, are provided. One attachment comprises at least one generally L-shaped bracket having first and second legs. The first leg of each bracket is configured to be mounted to the wheelbarrow frame beneath the tray, and the second leg is configured to extend upwardly along one side of the wheelbarrow tray. A gripping clip for releasably supporting a rod-like handle of a tool is secured to the second leg of each generally L-shaped bracket. Another attachment comprises a box-like enclosure mounted below the tray of the wheelbarrow and having an opening in the end thereof facing the rearward end of the wheelbarrow, for receiving small hand tools therein.
Claims10
A wheelbarrow having provision for transporting a loose material, and also having provision for carrying a variety of tools in a readily accessible location, and comprising:
- a wheelbarrow frame which includes a pair of generally parallel and longitudinally directed posts and which define forward and rearward ends of the frame;
- a wheel mounted to the forward end of the frame so that the wheelbarrow may be rolled along the ground in the longitudinal direction by a user gripping and lifting the ends of the posts at the rearward end of the frame;
- a tray mounted upon said posts of said frame for supporting a loose material therein;
- a pair of L-shaped brackets of like construction, with each of said brackets having first and second legs, and with the first leg of each bracket being mounted between at least one of the posts and the try and so that the brackets extend in a direction transverse to said longitudinal direction and are longitudinally spaced apart from each other, and such that the second legs extend generally upwardly along one side of the tray;
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- gripping means secured to the second leg of each of the brackets for releasably supporting a handle of a tool therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.