A two wheel tilt steering wheelbarrow has two handles attached to a tray, two skid legs, and two wheels. A front steering apparatus is adapted so that raising and lowering one handle relative to the other causes the wheels to turn left and right. Transfer of this tilting motion to wheel steering is accomplished through the use of a vertical yoke mounted on the handles and attached to a steering rocker bar via a steering hinge adapted so that the yoke can rotate, relative to the steering rocker bar, about the steering hinge. Two tie-rod plates attach the yoke to two tie-rod support members, which are themselves attached to two tie-rods. The tie-rods are also linked to the wheel axles via axle attachments such that rotating the yolk about the steering hinge pushes and pulls on the tie-rods and causes the wheels to turn.


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    Title :

    TWO WHEEL TILT STEERING WHEELBARROW


    Contributors:
    SMOOT MAX M (author)

    Publication date :

    2015-11-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B62B Von Hand bewegte Fahrzeuge, z.B. Handkarren oder Kinderwagen , HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS



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