Patent ID: 7331587
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: B62B

Abstract:
1. A wheel guard for a standard wheelbarrow frame assembly, said standard wheelbarrow frame assembly having an elongated first hopper support portion and an elongated second hopper support portion, said first hopper support portion and said second hopper support portion each having a forward end and a back end, said first hopper support portion and said second hopper support portion maintained in a non-parallel spaced relation wherein said first hopper support portion forward end and said second hopper support portion forward end are disposed closer to each other than said first hopper support portion back end and said second hopper support portion back end, said first hopper support portion forward end and said second hopper support portion forward end defining a wheel yoke, wherein said wheel guard comprises: at least one member defining a U-shaped body having an elongated first tine, an elongated bight, and an elongated second tine; said first tine having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end structured to be coupled to said bight and said distal end structured to be coupled to said first hopper support portion; said second tine having a distal end and a proximal end, said proximal end structured to be coupled to said bight and said distal end structured to be coupled to said second hopper support portion; said bight having a first end and a second end; said first tine proximal end coupled to said bight first end; said second tine proximal end coupled to said bight second end; wherein the longitudinal axis of said first tine is structured to be generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of said first hopper support portion; wherein the longitudinal axis of said second tine is structured to be generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of said second hopper support portion; and wherein said first tine distal end has a first lateral thickness and said first tine proximal end has a second lateral thickness, said first tine distal end first lateral thickness being greater than said first tine proximal end second lateral thickness; and wherein said second tine distal end has a first lateral thickness and said second tine proximal end has a second lateral thickness, said second tine distal end first lateral thickness being grater than said second tine proximal end second lateral thickness.