# US 5,704,672 A · Stand-up snow shovel with flexible auxiliary handle

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- Number: US 5,704,672 A
- Document ID: US5704672A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/635,980
- Filed: 1996-04-22
- Granted: 1998-01-06
- Earliest claimed: 1996-04-22
- Inventors: Alan M. Sims
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704672A

## CPC

- E01H 5/02: Hand implements (E01H5/04, E01H5/10, E01H5/12 take precedence {shovels or spades in general A01B1/02; brooms, brushes A46B})
- A01B 1/026: {with auxiliary handles for facilitating lifting}
- B25G 1/02: flexible (hammers heads having shock-absorbing means B25D1/12)
- B25G 3/00: Attaching handles to the implements
- E01H: STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING {OR PREVENTING} FOG IN GENERAL {CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS}(cleaning in general B08B)
- A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21)
- B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)

## Abstract

A snow shovel having a conventional blade (10) and handle (13) includes an auxiliary handle (18) tethered to the shovel by means of a resilient and/or flexible cord (19). The cord may be a folded bungee cord, the ends (20, 21) of which are secured to holes (30, 31) in the blade by means of hooks (28, 29) on the ends of the cord. A pliable tubing (33) may contain the bungee cord ends.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A snow shovel having a blade and a main handle characterized by the improvement comprising:
an auxiliary handle secured to the shovel near the juncture of said handle with said blade by means of a longitudinally resilient flexible cord.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A snow shovel according to claim 1 wherein said cord comprises a bungee cord having a hook crimped to each end, said bungee cord folded back upon itself around a pin extending through said main handle, said hooks engaging the edge of said blade adjacent said main handle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A snow shovel according to claim 2 including a pliable tubing surrounding said bungee cord between said blade and said auxiliary handle.

### Claim 4

A snow shovel having a blade and a main handle characterized by the improvement comprising:
an auxiliary handle resiliently tethered to said snow shovel by a bungee cord near a point where said handle joins said blade.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A snow shovel according to claim 4 wherein said cord comprises a bungee cord having a hook crimped to each end, said bungee cord folded back upon itself around a pin extending through said main handle, said hooks engaging the edge of said blade adjacent said main handle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A snow shovel according to claim 5 including a pliable tubing surrounding said bungee cord between said blade and said auxiliary handle.