Easy lift levered shovel
OwnerEdward B. Kegan, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A shovel has a pan connected to an end handle by a shaft. A lever is attached to the shaft to assist in lifting a load. The lever has an L-shaped member and a portion of the L-shaped member is received in the bight portion of a spring. The lever preferably is resiliently attached to the shaft and returns automatically to a position adjacent to the shaft when the load on the shovel is emptied. A method of using the shovel is disclosed.
Claims7
In combination with a shovel having a pan connected to an end handle by a shank, an auxiliary lifting mechanism comprising a lever having a pair of ends, the lever being pivotably mounted to the shank intermediately of the pan and end handle, and one end of the lever carrying a pair of splayed legs, wherein the lever has a normal position in which the lever is normally in a nested position below the shank of the shovel, and wherein the splayed legs have respective end portions normally received beneath the pan on the shovel, such that once the load is placed upon the pan of the shovel, the operator may manually pivot the lever rearwardly and away from the shank of the shovel, such that the respective end portions of the splayed legs rest upon the ground, and such that the operator may then push downwardly on the end handle of the shovel, thereby lifting the load on the pan of the shovel substantially to the waist level of the operator, and thereby enabling the operator to easily toss the load on the shovel to one side without incurring adverse strains on his or her body and
- further including a spring for resiliently biasing the lever to its normal nested position, such that as soon as the operator tosses the load on the pan of the shovel and thereby lifts the splayed legs off the ground, the lever automatically returns to its normal nested position beneath the shank of the shovel.
A levered shovel for easy lift and comprising a shovel having a shaft with a blade at one end and a handle at the other, wherein there is a spring actuated lever attached intermediately of the blade and the handle and nested under said shaft, the spring actuated lever being manually actuated to lower the lever to the ground, the spring actuated lever automatically returning to the nested position when the shovel is lifted and wherein there is an auxiliary handle attached approximately mid-point to the top side of said shaft.
A method of lifting an object from a ground surface comprising the steps of providing a shovel with a shaft having a handle and a blade at opposite ends of the shaft, inserting the blade of the shovel into said object to be lifted, providing a levered fulcrum having an L-shaped member and a spring with a bight therein, a portion of the L-shaped member being received in the bight in the spring, moving the spring actuated levered fulcrum which is hinged intermediately of the blade and the handle on the shaft of the shovel and laying parallel to the shaft, setting the levered fulcrum on the ground, and with downward pressure placed on the handle at the end of the shaft, lifting the load on the blade and slinging and discarding the load with minimal strain to the back.
A levered shovel for easy lift comprising a shaft with a blade attached to one end and a handle attached at an opposite end, a levered fulcrum connected to, and normally nested in a position adjacent to the shaft, the levered fulcrum having an L-shaped member and a spring with a bight, a portion of the L-shaped member being received in the bight, the fulcrum being manually actuated to support the shaft on the ground, wherein when a load is placed on the blade, the handle is pushed downwardly about the fulcrum to easily lift the load and the fulcrum automatically returning to the normally nested position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.