Patent ID: 7134675

Claim:
A wheelbarrow comprising: a wheeled body, said body being generally in the shape of a sloping shovel having two opposite side walls, a front loading end and a rear receptacle end; a pair of laterally spaced handles fixedly attached to said body; and a fulcrum mechanism pivotally connected to said wheelbarrow and having two fulcrum leg members each being pivotally connected to a respective side of said body at the front loading end thereof, a free end of each said fulcrum leg member being configured to engage the ground; two first link members, each of said first link members being pivotally connected to a respective side of said body at the rear receptacle end thereof, and connecting with said fulcrum leg members; said fulcrum leg members being maveable from a retracted position where said fulcrum leg members are clearing the ground, and an operative position where said fulcrum leg members are in engagement with the ground and acting as a fulcrum, whereby when force is applied to the handles to swing said front loading end of said body to shovel up a load, the fulcrum leg members cooperate to assist in levering up a load of material.