Patent ID: 8382138

Claim:
A hitch device for converting a conventional wheelbarrow having a tub, handles and at least one wheel, into a towable trailer, the hitch device comprising: an elongated tow bar; first and second engagement members each including: a handle capture configured to slidably receive a wheelbarrow handle, a cross bar maintaining the handle capture, a base projecting from the cross bar, wherein the first engagement member is separate from the tow bar and the second engagement member is affixed to the tow bar; and a vehicle coupling assembly configured for selective mounting to a vehicle frame; wherein assembly of the hitch device to a wheelbarrow includes the handle captures being slidably received over a respective one of the wheelbarrow handles and the bases fastened to one another to connect the first engagement member with the tow bar such that the hitch device is mounted to the wheelbarrow handles in a wedge-like fashion.