US Patent 7775306 Motorized wheelbarrow and associated method

A motorized wheel barrow includes a storage pan, a handle assembly, an electrical control assembly, and a wheel assembly with an axle transversely spanning across a width of the storage pan and coupled to the handle assembly while remaining spaced from the storage pan. The device further includes a mechanism for automatically generating a torque at the wheel assembly to thereby selectively propel the motorized wheel barrow along first and second opposed directions based upon first and second user inputs respectively.