Securing device for contents of a wheelbarrow
OwnerOmar C. Franklin, Pamela R. Ellmaninventors
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Abstract
A securing device for contents of a wheelbarrow for preventing the content of a wheelbarrow from falling out of the wheelbarrow. The securing device for contents of a wheelbarrow includes a generally flexible panel having a first end edge and a second end edge. A first hook is attached to the first end edge. A tubular member has a first end and a second end. A slot extends through a peripheral wall of the tubular member. A spindle is rotatably mounted in the tubular member. The second end edge extends through the slot and is attached to the spindle. A second hook is attached to the tubular member. The first and second hooks are attached to the upper edge of a wheelbarrow such that the panel is extended over the wheelbarrow.
Claims7
A securing device for detachably positioning on opposite upper edges of a wheelbarrow such that said device extends over contents of the wheelbarrow, said device comprising:
- a generally flexible panel having a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, a first hook being attached to and extending along a length of said first end edge;
- a tubular member having a first end and a second end, a slot extending through a peripheral wall of said tubular member and between said first and second ends, a spindle being rotatably mounted in said tubular member, said spindle having a longitudinal axis orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said tubular member, said second end edge extending through said slot and being attached to said spindle, a second hook being attached to and extending along a length of said tubular member;
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- wherein said first and second hooks are attached to the upper edge of the wheelbarrow such that said panel is extended over the wheelbarrow.
A securing device for detachably positioning on opposite upper edges of a wheelbarrow such that said device extends over contents of the wheelbarrow, said device comprising:
- a generally flexible panel having a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, a first hook being attached to and extending along a length of said first end edge, said panel comprising a mesh material;
- a tubular member having a first end and a second end, a slot extending through a peripheral wall of said tubular member and between said first and second ends, a spindle being rotatably mounted in said tubular member, said spindle having a longitudinal axis orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said tubular member, said second end edge extending through said slot and being attached to said spindle, a second hook being attached to and extending along a length of said tubular member;
- a biasing means for biasing rotation of said spindle in a first direction, said flexible panel being wound up on said spindle and drawn into said tubular member when said spindle rotates in said first direction, said biasing means comprising a spring;
- a locking means for selectively preventing rotation of said spindle, said locking means comprising a rod extending into said first end of said tubular member, said rod having a foot thereon for abutting a disc positioned on said spindle, an urging means urges said foot against said disc for frictionally engaging said disc;
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- wherein said first and second hooks are attached to the upper edge of the wheelbarrow such that said panel is extended over the wheelbarrow.
A securing system for a wheelbarrow comprising:
- a wheelbarrow having an upper edge having a lip thereon;
- a generally flexible panel having a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, a first hook being attached to and extending along a length of said first end edge, said panel comprising a mesh material;
- a tubular member having a first end and a second end, a slot extending through a peripheral wall of said tubular member and between said first and second ends, a spindle being rotatably mounted in said tubular member, said spindle having a longitudinal axis orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said tubular member, said second end edge extending through said slot and being attached to said spindle, a second hook being attached to and extending along a length of said tubular member;
- a biasing means for biasing rotation of said spindle in a first direction, said flexible panel being wound up on said spindle and drawn into said tubular member when said spindle rotates in said first direction, said biasing means comprising a spring;
- a locking means for selectively preventing rotation of said spindle, said locking means comprising a rod extending into said first end of said tubular member, said rod having a foot thereon for abutting a disc positioned on said spindle, an urging means urges said foot against said disc for frictionally engaging said disc;
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- wherein said first and second hooks are attached to the lip of the wheelbarrow such that said panel is extended over the wheelbarrow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.