Patent ID: 6328331
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
A heavy duty collapsible wheelbarrow comprising:a frame;a container; anda mechanism for securing the container to the frame in an assembled condition of the wheelbarrow, the container being releasable from the assembled condition of the wheelbarrow to enable the wheelbarrow to be collapsed, the mechanism for securing the container to the frame including two connecting members and a locking member, one connecting member being secured to a rear wall of the container, the other connecting member being secured to the frame and the locking member being movable between a released position and a locking position, the connecting members being engageable with one another to connect the container and the frame together when the locking member is in its released position; and the locking member is movable from its released position towards its locking position with the connecting members engaged with one another to apply a progressively increasing tensile or compressive force to the connecting members and prevent the connecting members from disengaging in the assembled condition of the wheelbarrow.