Standing shovel
AssigneeAdams Mfg. Corp.
InventorWilliam E. Adams
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Abstract
A tool adapted to collect, lift, and move material has a lifting structure attached to a collection element and at least one handle attached to the lifting structure. The lifting structure may have two or three segments. Each segment may have rails spaced apart and substantially parallel to each other with at least one cross member disposed there-between. The segments are oriented relative to one another to reduce the amount of bending required to lift material in the collection element. Adjacent segments in the lifting structure may be pivotally attached to each other. This tool can be free standing when used as a dustpan.
Claims11
A tool, comprising:
- a collection element, comprising a first side panel, a second side panel, a collection plate, and a back plate conjoined which form a collection cavity at a front side of the back plate;
- a lifting structure, comprising:
- a first segment extending from the collection element and being substantially parallel to the back plate, the first segment comprised of a pair of substantially parallel rails and a first cross member connected between the substantially parallel rails;
- a second segment extending from the first segment and forming an obtuse angle with respect to the back plate, the second segment comprised of a pair of substantially parallel rails and a second cross member connected between the substantially parallel rails;
- and,
- a third segment extending from the second segment being substantially parallel to the first segment, the third first segment comprised of a pair of substantially parallel rails and a third cross member connected between the substantially parallel rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.