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US 10,117,371 B2Granted
Trench scoop device
OwnerDonald J. Petersoninventor
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Abstract
A trenching tool including an elongated pole having a bottom end connected to an elbow construction. A hollow cylindrical tube is movably mounted to the bottom end of the elbow construction. The tube is opened on both ends allowing loading of and emptying material scooped from the trench. An adjustable connection secures the tube to the elbow construction.
Claims15
A scoop for removing material from the bottom of a trench comprising:
- a pole having a longitudinal axis, a top end portion and a bottom end portion with said axis extending downward from said top portion when said pole is extended down into the trench;
- a hollow cylindrical tube with a center of gravity, with said tube connected to said pole and having a tubular wall with an exterior surface extending circumferentially 360 degrees around and defining a passage with an open forward end and an open rearward end with said exterior surface extending therebetween, said open forward end opens in a first direction and said open rearward end opens in a second direction with said first direction perpendicular to the said second direction for material to enter said passage through said open forward end and move in said passage toward said open rearward end as said pole moves said tube in a horizontal direction;
- and,
- positioning means, connected to said pole and to said tube, positioning said center of gravity of said tube offset from said axis.
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A pole assembly for removing material from an opening in the ground comprising:
- a pole extendable into an opening in the ground and haying a first handle end to be gripped as said pole is moved into and along the opening in the ground, said pole has a longitudinal axis;
- a hollow cylindrical tube having an a tubular wall with an exterior surface extending circumferentially there around and defining a passage with an open forward end and an open rearward end with said exterior surface extending therebetween, said tubular wall has an elbow shape with said tubular wall forming said exterior surface, said open forward end opens in a first direction and said open rearward end opens in a second direction with said first direction perpendicular to said second direction for material to enter said passage through said open forward end and through said passage toward said open rearward end;
- an adjustable connector having a first mount with a flanged end fixedly secured to said exterior surface between said forward end and said rearward end and further haying a second mount connected to said pole, said adjustable connector located exteriorly of said hollow tube so debris moving through said passage is not impeded, and,
- a connecting portion having a top end connected to said pole and having an opposite bottom end portion connected to said tube by said adjustable connector.
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A pole assembly for removing material from an opening in the ground comprising:
- a pole extendable into an opening in the ground and having a longitudinal axis and a handle end to be gripped as said pole is moved into and along the opening in the ground, said pole has a pole end opposite of said handle end with said pole end being offset relative to said longitudinal axis;
- a hollow cylindrical tube having a center of gravity offset relative said longitudinal axis and further having a tubular wall with an exterior surface extending circumferentially there around defining a passage with an open forward end and an open rearward end with said exterior surface extending there between, wherein said open forward end opens in a first direction and said open rearward end opens in a second direction with said first direction perpendicular to said second direction;
- and,
- a movable connector securing said tube to said pole end and having a first mount with a proximal end secured to said exterior surface between said forward end and said rearward end and further having a second mount secured to said pole end with said first mount movably connected to said second mount, said connector located exteriorly of said hollow tube so material in said passage is not impeded.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.