Universal wheelbarrow snowboard attachment
A devise that makes it possible to use common-or-garden wheelbarrow in snow or other slippery conditions. The device can be used on any standard wheelbarrow and deployed in a matter of a few seconds, without any disassembly or adjustment to the wheelbarrow. The device consists of aplastic board, similar to a children's training snowboard, approximately 104 cm (41 inches) long and 28 cm (11 inches) wide, to which a metal cradle is attached in the center to snugly hold the wheel of the wheelbarrow.
1. A snowboard attachment for a wheelbarrow to enable the wheelbarrow to be used in icy and other slippery environmental conditions, especially with snow depth greater than five centimeters/two inches, wherein the snowboard attachment comprises:
a snowboard; and
a cradle attached to the snowboard, wherein the cradle holds a tire of the wheelbarrow when attached to the wheelbarrow;
wherein the cradle comprises:
two cradle arms each with a semicircle hoop, the semicircle hoops opposing each other, each semicircle hoop having two straight arms leading downwards at an angle toward a center of the snowboard;
wherein at a point where the two straight arms meet the snowboard, the cradle arms bend in opposite direction of the semicircle hoops toward an end of the snowboard; and
wherein the snowboard attachment distributes a weight of the wheelbarrow and contents therein, across the entire snowboard and stiffens the snowboard keeping it straight by preventing the snowboard from flexing into a bow or arc.