Wheelbarrow having a resiliently mounted wheel

Claim 1

FOR A WHEELBARROW, A FRAME COMPRISING RIGID CENTER SECTION OF WELDED TUBULAR STEEL COMPRISED OF BENT SIDE FRAME MEMBERS EACH HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL CENTER SECTION; A CENTER TIE BAR WELDED AT EACH END TO ONE OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS AT THEIR CENTER SECTIONS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE PARALLEL TO THE GROUND; A GROUND ENGAGING SUPPORT WELDED TO THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBER AND ANGLED OUT FROM THE VERTICAL AT THE BOTTOM ON AN ANGLE OF 20 DEGREES; FOUR RECESSED TRAY ANCHOR LUNGS; TWO OF SAID TRAY ANCHOR LUNGS WELDED TO THE CENTER SECTION OF EACH SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBER AT THE FRONT AND BACK OF SAID CENTER SECTION; A TRAY HAVING ANCHORING HOLES THEREIN; THE AREA ADJACENT TO SAID ANCHORING HOLES DEFORMED OUTWARDLY TO ENTER THE RECESSES IN TOP OF THE ANCHOR LUNGS, AND SAID TRAY BOLTED TO SAID ANCHOR LUNGS BY ANCHOR BOLTS WHOSE HEADS ARE FLUSH WITH THE INSIDE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE TRAY; SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS EXTENDING REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE REAR OF SAID CENTER SECTION OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS TO PROVIDE HANDLE PORTIONS WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE FORCE RESULTING FROM THE DOWN-THRUST OF THE LOAD AND THE RESISTANCE OF THE WEELBARROW FORWARD MOTION; SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS PROVIDED WITH A FORWARD PORTION EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID CENTER SECTION OF EACH OF SAID SIDE FRAME MEMBERS; SAID FORWARD PORTIONS JOINED ADJACENT THEIR FRONT END BY A FRONT TIE BAR; ADJACENT THE MID-POINT ON THE INSIDE OF EACH SAID FORWARD PORTIONS THERE IS WELDED A TUBULAR TRAY SUPPORT MEMBER, EACH SAID TUBULAR TRAY SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM ITS CONNECTION WITH SAID FORWARD PORTIONS AND SECURED TO THE TOP OF SAID TRAY; EACH SAID TUBULAR TRAY SUPPORT MEMBER EXTENDING BELOW AND REARWARDLY OF ITS CONNECTION WITH SAID FORWARD PORTIONS; EACH SAID TUBULAR TRAYS SUPPORT MEMBER PROVIDED WITH AN OPEN LOWER END PORTION AND A TUBULAR AXLE CARRYING MEMBER TELESCOPED WITHIN AND EXTENDING A BEYOND SAID LOWER END PORTION, OF SAID TUBULAR TRAY SUPPORT MEMBERS; A WHEEL CARRYING AXLE ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID TUBULAR AXLE CARRYING MEMBERS; AND SPRING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR TRAY SUPPORT MEMBERS FOR RESILIENTLY SUPPORTING SAID TUBULAR AXLE CARRYING MEMBERS.