Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Patent
1994-12-30
1996-04-23
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
280 4718, B62D 500
Patent
active
055096816
ABSTRACT:
A kit for converting a wheelbarrow for use as a towed garden cart is especially suited for wheelbarrows of the type comprising a pan supported on diverging beams, and a brace between forward ends of the beams, a forward wheel mounted to the beams adjacent the brace and a pair of depending legs mourned to the beams behind the forward wheel. The kit comprises rear wheel assemblies mounted to each of the depending legs and a front hitch plate releasably attached to the forward ends of the beams adjacent the brace and having a forwardly extending tongue adapted to connect to a hitch on a towing vehicle. The hitch plate has a riser received behind the brace and a return flange forming a channel to receive laterally extending support members which rest atop the beam forward ends. The rear wheel assembly preferably comprises an axle tube adapted to mount to each of the rear legs and axles bearing wheels releasably mounted within each of the axle tubes.
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Focarino Margaret A.
Johnson Victor E.
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