Patent ID: 6991251

Claim:
A kit from which a wheelbarrow can be assembled, the kit comprising: a frame subassembly including a frame, an axle apparatus, at least a first leg, and at least a first tray brace connected together as an assembled unit, the at least a first tray brace being pivotably mounted to the frame subassembly; a wheel mountable to the frame subassembly; a tray mountable to the frame subassembly; at least a first handle mountable to the frame subassembly; the tray is mountable to the frame and to the at least first tray brace; the at least first tray brace is pivotably mountable to the axle apparatus; the axle apparatus includes (i) a pair of end members each having a hub portion, a planar flange mounting portion connectable to the frame and a protruding portion; (ii) a pair of spacers each including a central bore; and (iii) an axle; and a pair of tray braces, each tray brace including a mounting hole disposed on one end thereof, the braces each being interposable between the spacer and the planar flange mounting portion, the protruding portion extendable through the mounting hole and into the control bore, with the axle extendable through each pair of the hub portions, the mounting holes and the central bores.