Extendable shovel tool

An extendable shovel tool for use in compact spaces comprising in combination:

• a generally rectangular shovel blade member being slightly convex, the shovel blade member having a rear end with a cylindrical handle member projecting therefrom, the shovel and handle are of uniform construction, the handle member having a length of about 381/2 inches, the cylindrical handle member having an opening leading into an interior portion thereof, the cylindrical handle member having at least three holes proportionately spaced along the length thereof, the three holes form a first hole, a second hole and a third hole, the first hole being spaced from the rear end, the third hole being spaced from the opening of the cylindrical handle member, the second hole being symmetrically spaced from the first and second hole;
• an elongated tubular member with an interior end and an exterior end, the exterior end of the tubular member having a D-handle fixedly attached thereto, the tubular member being sized for positioning within the cylindrical handle member, the tubular member being capable of increasing and decreasing the operable length of the cylindrical handle member by sliding lengthwise within the cylindrical handle member;
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• a button with a bias means being mounted within the tubular member for placing the button in protracted and retracted positions with respect to the tubular member, the button being spaced from the interior end of the tubular member, the button being retracted when the tubular member is positioned within the cylindrical handle member, the button being protracted when the button engages one of the holes of the cylindrical handle member when the tubular member is positioned therein, the button being capable of locking the tubular member within the cylindrical handle member when protracted through one of the holes.