Patent ID: 9156487
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B60P,B62B

Abstract:
1. A wheelbarrow comprising: a carrier having a base, a forward wall, an aft wall, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall; a rest comprised of two legs transversely supported and affixed to the bottom of said carrier base toward said aft wall; a handle with a grip at one end, said handle pivotally mounted to said first sidewall between said grip and an opposite end; a floating link pivotally attached on one end to the end of said handle opposite of said grip; a wheel strut with a pivotally attached wheel at one end, said wheel strut pivotally attached to said first sidewall between said wheel and an opposite end; said wheel strut pivotally attached at said opposite end from said wheel to said floating link at an end opposite from said handle; wherein said handle, floating link, and wheel strut alignment allows said handle to induce opposite rotation of said wheel strut; further comprising a similar handle, floating link, and wheel strut assembly being mounted to said second sidewall; an upstop mounted across said aft wall providing means of preventing rotation of said handle assemblies about respective handle pivots; and wherein, to defeat said upstop and allow said handle to rotate, the handle is configured to be moved downward to clear the upstop, outward away from the carrier, and around the upstop.