A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is provided. The coupling may be positioned at the handle upper end after the handle upper end has passed through the tool head eye. The coupling is a frustoconical shape which engages the tool head in a manner of a slip eye coupling. However, because the lower end of the handle does not pass through the tool head eye, the lower end of the handle, i.e., the grip, may have any shape. Thus, the present invention allows for use of a slip eye coupling while also allowing the handle grip to be of any shape.
F16B 21/00 - Means without screw-thread for preventing relative axial movement of a pin, spigot, shaft, or the like and a member surrounding itStud-and-socket releasable fastenings without screw-thread
A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
B62B 1/18 - Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheelsEquipment therefor in which the load is disposed between the wheel axis and the handles, e.g. wheelbarrows
B62B 1/20 - Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheelsEquipment therefor in which the load is disposed between the wheel axis and the handles, e.g. wheelbarrows involving parts being collapsible, attachable, detachable or convertible
A wheel for a wheelbarrow (10) wherein the wheel body (40, 42) forms wide spokes (52, 53) is provided. The spokes (52, 53) are formed by openings (90, 91) between the hub (50, 51) and the rim (54, 55) in the bodies (40, 42) that form the wheel (34). While such spokes (52, 53) are known, the openings (90, 91) that create the spokes (52, 53) provide additional points of entry for debris and water into the enclosed space (48). Thus, a sealed, fragmented seam coupling the wheel bodies (40, 42) is further provided.
B62B 1/18 - Hand carts having only one axis carrying one or more transport wheelsEquipment therefor in which the load is disposed between the wheel axis and the handles, e.g. wheelbarrows
B62B 5/00 - Accessories or details specially adapted for hand carts
A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is provided. The coupling may be positioned at the handle upper end after the handle upper end has passed through the tool head eye. The coupling is a frustoconical shape which engages the tool head in a manner of a slip eye coupling. However, because the lower end of the handle does not pass through the tool head eye, the lower end of the handle, i.e., the grip, may have any shape. Thus, the present invention allows for use of a slip eye coupling while also allowing the handle grip to be of any shape.
A manually operable weed remover consists of a cluster of pivotable and rotatable spikes attached to a handle. When positioned over the center of a weed and downward pressure is applied, either by pushing on a bar handle or stepping on a foot rest, a bottom flange is forced up by the ground surface as the spikes are forced into the ground around the weed. The spikes are directed through apertures in the moveable flange and movement of the flange causes the spikes to close around the root of the weed. The insertion motion of the spikes further causes the spike mounting device to rotate relative to the handle and the weed. Thus, as the spikes are being inserted into the ground, the spikes rotate thereby separating the weed root from the adjacent ground. The weed may then be pulled from the ground by upward pressure on the tool.
An inlet conduit assembly for a hose reel assembly includes a clip assembly that is structured to be accessible from the outer side of the frame assembly. The clip assembly is structured to be operated without the use of tools. The clip assembly, essentially, prevents the inlet conduit assembly from being moved axially once installed. In this configuration, a user may quickly and easily actuate the clip assembly to release or engage the inlet conduit assembly. Thus, a user may quickly and easily remove the inlet conduit assembly.
B65H 75/40 - Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
F16L 27/08 - Adjustable jointsJoints allowing movement allowing adjustment or movement only about the axis of one pipe
F16L 37/50 - Couplings of the quick-acting type adjustableCouplings of the quick-acting type allowing movement of the parts joined
F16L 37/53 - Couplings of the quick-acting type adjustableCouplings of the quick-acting type allowing movement of the parts joined allowing adjustment or movement only about the axis of one pipe
F16L 47/18 - Adjustable jointsJoints allowing movement
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