Patent ID: 6203033
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A wheelbarrow comprising a frame having a front end, a rear end, a single ground wheel at the frame front end, and a pair of lifting handles extending from the frame rear end; said frame having a longitudinal centerline containing said ground wheel;said frame comprising a bucket-support platform that includes two longitudinal rails that diverge away from the frame centerline in a front-to-rear direction, and a cross rail connecting said longitudinal rails a significant distance behind said ground wheel; said ground wheel having an axle supported by the front end portions of said divergent rails;said frame further comprising two annular bucket-confinement rings spaced above said platform in a common plane; each bucket-confinement ring comprising a central linear tube on the frame longitudinal centerline, an outboard linear tube extending parallel to said central linear tube, and two semi-circular connector tubes joining the front and rear ends of said linear tubes.