Combination scoop and funnel
OwnerTyler Keefeinventor
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Abstract
A combination scoop and funnel apparatus provides a scoop portion defining a dry material reservoir having an open top and a downwardly tapered conical bottom portion which terminates in a discharge aperture. A handle is joined to the scoop reservoir. A movable frusto-conical funnel member defines a funnel aperture at its lower end and an open top at its upper end. The funnel member supports a valve slide which extends upwardly through the discharge aperture and further supports a valve cap on the upper end thereof. The valve member is movable between a downwardly extending valve closed configuration and an upwardly positioned valve open configuration.
Claims15
A combination scoop and funnel comprising:
- a scoop having a material body defining an open top, an interior material reservoir and a narrowing portion extending downwardly from said material body and defining a discharge aperture;
- a funnel member having a tapered body, an open top and a funnel aperture;
- a valve slide having a lower end joined to said funnel member and an upper end extending through said discharge aperture;
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- a valve cap, defining a maximum dimension greater than said discharge aperture, supported upon said upper end of said valve slide above said discharge aperture,
- said slide being movable between a raised position in which said valve cap is raised upwardly away from said discharge aperture and said funnel member is proximate to said narrowing portion and a lowered position in which said valve cap blocks and closes said discharge aperture and said funnel member is spaced from said narrowing portion,
- said slide moved to said lowered position closing said discharge aperture to retain material scooped into said interior material reservoir and thereafter raised to open said discharge aperture and allow material to fall through said discharge aperture and said funnel aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.