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US 12,156,495 B2Granted
Hand rakepan
OwnerClint Luscombeinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure provided herein is directed to a hand rakepan having a handle, a head, and plurality of tines. The handle, in some aspects, is ergonomically provided to accommodate a variety of grips during use that facilitate manipulation of the hand rakepan as a hand tool using only a single hand. Likewise, in certain aspects, the head of hand rakepan has one or more grooves and notches to provide various grip's to be used during one-handed manipulation of the hand rakepan during raking, collecting, and transporting.
Claims18
A hand rakepan comprising:
- a handle;
- a head connected to the handle at a first end of the head;
- the head having a well formed by an intersection of a top wall connected in general perpendicular relation with a first side wall and a second side wall, an end wall extending to and between the first side wall and the second side wall along and connected to the first end of the head, and an open bottom wall, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall taper upwardly from the first end of the head to adjacent a second end of the head;
- and
- a plurality of tines connected to the head and extending away from the second end of the head;
- the top wall a having a plurality of grooves formed in an exterior surface of the head, wherein the plurality of grooves have a curvature configured conform to a human finger to facilitate an application of force to the head.
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A hand rakepan comprising:
- a handle;
- a head connected to the handle at a first end of the head;
- the head having a well formed by an intersection of a top wall connected in general perpendicular relation with a first side wall and a second side wall, an end wall extending to and between the first side wall and the second side wall along and connected to the first end of the head, and an open bottom wall, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall taper upwardly from the first end of the head to adjacent a second end of the head;
- a plurality of tines connected to the head and extending away from the second end of the head;
- and
- a bottom edge of the end wall having a first notch and a second notch, wherein the bottom edge is rounded and the first notch and the second notch in the bottom edge have a smaller diameter than a remainder of the bottom edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.