Robust collapsible shovel
OwnerDale Gerard Bourassa, Francis L. Wegenerinventors
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Abstract
A first elongated shaft and a second elongated shaft are removably coupled together at a connector to facilitate collapsing of a handle of the shovel. A spade is attached to a distal end of the first shaft. The connector has two parts, with one of the two parts attached to each of the ends of the shaft that are adjacent to each other. One of the two parts of the connector includes an insert and the other of the two parts includes the receiver, with the insert fitting into the receiver in a removable but secure fashion. The shafts are formed of a robust durable material such as fiber reinforced polymer formed from a pultrusion method. A grip is optionally provided on a proximal end of the second shaft.
Claims17
A robust collapsible shovel, comprising in combination:
- a first shaft having a spade on a distal end thereof and a proximal end opposite said distal end;
- a second shaft having a proximal end opposite a distal end;
- a connector having two parts including a first part and a second part, said two parts removably attachable to each other along a central axis of said connector;
- said first part of said connector coupled to said proximal end of said first shaft;
- said second part of said connector coupled to said distal end of said second shaft;
- wherein said connector is coupled to said first shaft and said second shaft through an adhesive;
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- wherein said proximal end of said first shaft includes a lesser diameter tip of cylindrical form, and with said first part of said connector including a sleeve thereon, said sleeve having an inner diameter similar to an outer diameter of said tip at said proximal end of said first shaft, plus a tolerance amount, said tip having a lesser diameter than portions of said first shaft more spaced from said proximal end then said tip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.