Shovel lifting aid
OwnerGary L. Evertseninventor
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Abstract
An attachment for a shovel or similar tool relieving the worker of the back muscle and vertebral strain normally attendant with shoveling. The shovel aid features an elongate stem pivotally attached to the shovel handle, so that the material being shoveled may be loaded upon the shovel head, lifted, and carried sideways to be deposited, all without lifting forces upon the shovel by the hands, and without curvature of the back and spine. The shovel lifting aid may be used also with snow shovels, hoes and the like.
Claims10
An attachment for a shovel, or a like tool, having a material handling head and an elongate handle having a longitudinal axis, the attachment comprising:
- an elongate stem extending vertically downward from the handle to the vicinity of the ground when the tool is oriented with the head in normal shoveling position;
- pivot means providing pivotal movement about two different axes connecting the uppermost end of the stem directly to the handle, said uppermost end pivot connecting means permitting the handle to pivot up and down to provide a lifting motion in a plane containing the stem, and to be twisted about said longitudinal axis with respect to the stem to provide a dumping motion;
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- ground contacting means carried by the stem at its lowermost end, said ground contacting means permitting rotation of the stem about its lowermost end with respect to the ground at least about each of a pair of mutually perpendicular horizontal axes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.