Directional Shovel
OwnerSitara R. Khaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a hand or motorized push shovel/plow with directional left or right side disbursement of snow, granular material, thicker liquids and other such desired materials with ease and comfort. The shovel allows a user to direct a shoveled load to a first or a second side of the shovel while moving the shovel in a substantially straight direction and generally comprises a handle, a shaft extending from the handle to a base shovel blade, and a steering mechanism secured along a portion of the shaft or handle and in steering communication with a directional shovel blade that is in a relational arrangement on top of the base shovel blade. The steering mechanism allows a user to angle the directional blade in a left or right direction.
Claims9
A directional shovel comprising:
- a base shovel blade having at least a leading edge, a first side and a second side;
- a shaft, a portion proximate to a first end of said shaft fixedly secured to said base shovel blade;
- a handle fixedly secured to a second end of said shaft;
- an upper shovel blade, said upper shovel blade comprising a flat portion and an arcuate portion tangent to said flat portion;
- said flat portion of said directional shovel blade being pivotally coupled to said base shovel blade;
- means for controlling a pivotal position of said directional shovel blade to occupy at least a first pivot position and a second pivot position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.