Wheelbarrow braking system
OwnerDaniel P. Burbankinventor
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Abstract
A new wheelbarrow braking system for facilitating braking of a conventional wheelbarrow while transporting heavy loads thereby retaining the desired position of the wheelbarrow on uneven surfaces and reducing velocity when transporting down hill. The inventive device includes at least one brake disc secured to the inside surface of a support member of a conventional wheel barrow near the tire rim, and an ergonomic handle support member of a conventional wheel barrow near the tire rim, and an ergonomic handle connected to a brake cable secured to the opposite end of the support member and mechanically connected to the brake disc.
Claims6
A wheelbarrow braking system comprising:
- a braking means secured near an end of a support member near a tire rim of a wheelbarrow:
- a hand brake means secured to the support member opposite of the braking means;
- a brake cable secured at one end to the hand brake means projecting along the support member attached to said support member by a plurality of cable securing straps, and an opposite end secured to the braking means thereby mechanically connecting the hand brake means to the braking means allowing control thereof;
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- wherein the braking means includes:
- a brake disc with a smaller outside diameter than the tire rim;
- four disc spacers secured radially to the brake disc;
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- four fasteners projecting into the brake disc then through the corresponding disc spacers then terminating into the tire rim thereby securing the brake disc to the tire rim positioned a finite distance away.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.