Lawn rake

A rake head, comprising:

• a socket portion having a recess adapted for receiving a rake handle;
• a hub portion having a first end attached to said socket portion, a second end, an upper surface, and a lower surface, with a clip member extending from said upper surface, intermediate said hub portion first end and said hub portion second end, and with an opening through said hub portion beneath said clip member, said clip member and the opening cooperating with said upper surface to permit clipping of items onto said rake head to retain the items with said rake head;
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• a plurality of tines extending from said second end of said hub portion.

A rake head, comprising:

• a socket portion having a recess adapted for receiving a rake handle;
• a hub portion having a first end attached to said socket portion, a second end, an upper surface, and a lower surface;
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• a plurality of tines extending from said second end of said hub portion, wherein:
• said hub portion comprises a plurality of wall members and a plurality of wedge-shaped sections flaring out from said hub portion first end to said hub portion second end, said wall members extending substantially perpendicular to said upper and lower surfaces to join said wedge-shaped sections with the upper surfaces of alternating ones of said plurality of wedge-shaped sections defining a first arcuate surface, and the upper surfaces of the intermediate ones of said plurality of wedge-shaped sections defining a second arcuate surface offset from said first arcuate surface, thereby strengthening said hub portion and inhibiting flexing thereof.

A rake head comprising:

• a hub portion having a plurality of wall members and a plurality of wedge-shaped sections flaring out from a hub portion first end to a hub portion second end, each section having an upper surface and a lower surface, said wall members extending substantially perpendicular to said upper and lower surfaces to join said wedge-shaped sections with the upper surfaces of alternating ones of said plurality of wedge-shaped sections defining a first arcuate surface, and the upper surfaces of the intermediate ones of said plurality of wedge-shaped sections defining a second arcuate surface offset from said first arcuate surface, thereby strengthening said hub portion and inhibiting flexing thereof;
• a socket portion attached to said first end of said hub portion and having a recess adapted for receiving a rake handle;
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• a plurality of tines extending from said hub portion in a wedge-shaped configuration continuing the wedge shape and arcuate configuration of said hub portion, each tine having a tine first end attached to said second end of said hub portion, a tine second end, an upper surface, a lower surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a rib extending along said tine upper surface, substantially centrally between said first and second side edges, from said tine first end substantially to said tine second end;
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• a spreader bar member interconnecting all of said tines at a point intermediate said tine first and second ends;
• said ribs and said spreader bar member strengthening said tines and inhibiting twisting thereof;
• each of said tines being bent at a point between said tine first end and said tine second end to define a tine first portion adjacent said hub portion and a tine second portion remote from said hub portion, said tine first portions having substantially equal lengths, and said tine second portions having substantially equal lengths;
• the arcuate configuration of said hub portion and said tines causing said second ends of said tines to lie in an arc;
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• said tines being sufficiently flexible to permit downward pressure on a handle received in said socket portion, when said second ends of said tines are in contact with the ground, to cause said tines to flex, assuring close contact of said second ends of said tines with the ground while retaining the arcuate shape of said tines to provide a concave basket-like surface for retaining raked material.