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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7562920 | Depth adjustable edger A depth limiting shovel having a blade with a vertically extending slot therein, a depth limiting member having a horizontal element and a vertical element slidable within the slot, the horizontal element extending transversely across the blade. The depth limiting m... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7510225 | Combined manure fork and fan-type shavings blower For conserving bedding material such as wood shavings when cleaning livestock environments such as horse stalls, a lightweight manure fork, specially configured with an open flat working region with relatively short tines, is combined with a highly efficient fan-typ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7347468 | Combined shovel and clearing tool arrangement A combined shovel and clearing tool with a shovel and a clearing tool member for being coupled to the shovel. The clearing tool member can be selectively retained in a usage disposition, such as relative to a leading edge of a shovel blade, and in a storage disposit... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7320490 | Impact handle for shovels and related hand tools An impact handle for a shovel and other tools to assist the user or laborer in digging and/or moving material such as dirt or snow, or other compacted materials. An impact handle with a shovel attachment would have similar physical features as generic shovels on the... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7222900 | Motion assisted manure fork A motion assisted manure fork having a handle, a fork head having a plurality of tines, a leverage assembly and a motor assembly that imparts a sinusoidal motion to the plurality of tines. The fork head includes a frame having a neck dimensioned to receive one end o... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7111418 | Wheeled shovel An apparatus comprising a shovel disposed on a relatively large wheel and a method of using the apparatus for handling a load of material. The apparatus involves a shovel having a handle formed at the end of an elongate yoke, the yoke being mounted, at its middle po... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7077444 | Two handled shovel A two handled shovel for clearing a surface, the shovel comprising a blade having a leading edge which contacts the surface, a main handle attached to the blade, and an auxiliary handle pivotally attached to the blade near the leading edge. The shovel may be used by... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070006 | One shot shovel A shovel which has a blade and a handle, the blade having first and second side edges and first and second wings extending outwardly and upwardly from respective side edges, each of the wings having a front edge which merges with a respective shovel side edge at a p... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052058 | Tool leverage attachment A tool leverage attachment for use with digging or lifting tools which includes a saddle with curvilinear end, anchor channel and protruding flange together with Greek letter Pi (TT) shaped driver fulcrum consisting of a pressure bar perpendicularly affixed to protr... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044520 | Vibrating scoop basket A device is used to extract manure from bedding material in a manner that maximizes the amount of manure extracted from the bedding material. The device includes a detachable scoop head having a plurality of apertures, a detachable motor assembly coupled to the scoo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7011278 | Portable lawn bag mouth holder The present invention is a portable spring-loaded bag holder, workable with a single hand, that securely holds open the mouth of a lawn bag. Parallel handles are gripped and squeezed together in one hand. When the handles are squeezed together, a spring is compresse... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6494514 | Combined manure fork and shavings blower For conserving bedding material such as wood shavings when cleaning livestock environments such as horse stalls, a manure fork is combined with an air blower directed into the working region of the fork. The air flow is directed to blow the loose bedding ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6416097 | Vibrating sand sifting toy A vibrating sand sifting toy that has a selectively activated vibrating mechanism mounted in a portion of the toy for causing oscillatory vibration of a surface portion of the toy. Two embodiments are in the form of a scoop with a handle. The bottom of th... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6371542 | Load lifting accessory A load lifting accessory may be provided which is adapted to be affixed to the shaft of a shovel. The load lifting accessory comprises a bracket, a support arm, an extension member and a retractor arm. The bracket, which has a support arm pivotally attach... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6203081 | Easy lift levered shovel 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 preferabl... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6131971 | Foldable spade A foldable spade includes an elongated handle with front and rear end portions opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, and a biasing member which is disposed proximate to the front end portion, and a blade member with a blade surface wall. A f... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6086049 | Mechanical assistance mechanism for shovels A shovel accessory for assistance in lifting and moving material in a shovel scoop includes an elongated, length adjustable, ground contacting support rod attached to the shovel handle. The rod is pivotable through half-circle arcs around an axis perpendi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6022058 | Vibrating cat litter scoop A cat litter scoop with a battery powered vibrator carried in the scoop handle which is actuated by a thumb operated switch. Upon actuation, the vibrator imparts a high speed oscillatory movement to the scoop about the longitudinal axis of the handle to a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6003916 | Snow-removal device A snow-removal, such as a snow shovel, snow plow and the like, includes a heated blade. The snow-removal device might also provide a selection of temperature settings for the heated blade. The snow-removal device at least fluidizes the snow when the blade... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5971653 | Connector means for allowing radial adjustment of one member relative to another A tool having a tool handle and a tool head. A connecting member is provided on one end of the tool handle, with the axis of the connecting member extending transverse to the tool handle, and a connector is provided on the non-working end of the tool head... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5918921 | Levered shovel for moving snow A levered shovel for moving snow that includes a blade for carrying the snow, a shaft that extends from the blade, a wheel assembly for contacting a horizontal surface and which depends from the shaft, and a handle assembly for gripping by the user and wh... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906060 | Manually pushed snow shovel An improved manually pushed snow shovel in which the user's natural pushing force acts to alleviate stalling friction. A version of a manually pushed snow shovel having features of this invention comprises a blade with a leading edge, a handle attached to... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5863084 | Lifting aid device for a shovel A new lifting aid device for a shovel for helping a user to easily lift a shovel, in particular a shovel having an offset type handle. The inventive device includes a brace member with an elongate shaft portion and a rest portion. The mounting end of the ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5816632 | Ice breaking and removal tool A tool for removing ice, particularly from paved surfaces, includes a handle, a scoop, and a tine assembly. The tine assembly is joined to the scoop such that a spring-like action is generated in the tine assembly during use to facilitate breaking and rem... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5816633 | Handy dandy A tool having a common handle and multiple interchangeable heads coupled with a side impact hammer handle mount and movable hammer. Several different common configured tool heads may be retained by a mount assembly located in the handle front end. This fr... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5799998 | Bedding fork and bedding fork wall assembly An improvement that enhances hay rakes or forks of the type used in the cleaning of horse stables, includes a wall assembly having a rear wall and two spaced-apart side walls extending from the rear wall, that are positioned relative to a hay fork of conv... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5752285 | Hand-held multi-purpose implement A hand-held, multi-purpose implement including a handle provided with a resealable storage container and an adaptor head having at least a pair of insert receiving sockets. A set of interchangeable inserts adapted for storage in the storage container when... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5743580 | Handle and post assembly with a plurality of attachments A handle and post assembly with a plurality of attachments including a straight post with an elongated cylindrical configuration having a first lower end with a threaded periphery and a second upper end including a bore formed coaxially therein with a thr... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727828 | Adjustable garden tool apparatus An adjustable garden tool apparatus having a pair of independently adjustable telescoping handle members 20 which are selectively and pivotally connected to one another at a variety of locations 27. At least one of the handle members 20 is provided with a... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727831 | Concrete shovel and mesh lifter hook combination In combination, a cement shovel for shoveling sand and gravel having a metallic disk shaped shovel member with upturned side shovel edges. A blade edge of the shovel is joined at opposite ends with the upturned side shovel edges. A hook shaped member is a... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5695229 | Interchangable shovel/scraper An interchangable scraper and shovel having a handle carrying an improved scraper blade at one end thereof, a shovel blade having offset flanged strips on its lower surface for receiving the scraper blade and a mechanism carried on the shovel blade and th... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5676413 | Roof snow rake blade A roof snow rake blade has a spacer, preferably in the form of a roller, attached at its bottom edge to space the bottom edge away from the roofing while not interfering with the normal snow-removal function of the blade.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5669651 | Shovel with lift aid attachment An attachment for a shovel which aids the user in lifting a fully loaded shovel blade without incurring back strain. The attachment is pivotally mounted to the main shovel shaft near the blade and has a cambered portion remote from the shaft. A foot pedal... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5669648 | Post hole digger An improved post hole digger which comprises a plurality of elongated arm members having a proximal end and a distal end and an inner surface and an outer surface. A sharpened shovel blade is secured to the distal end of each of the elongated arm members,... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664819 | Weed pulling device A weed pulling device designed to apply a substantially vertical force to the stem of a weed engaged by the device comprises a tubular body having a first end that is bifurcated to provide two opposing members having edges that define two cooperating V-sh... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5593198 | Snow scoop apparatus A snow scoop which is slid along the ground into the snow to be removed, a movable handle which may be rotated to positions to either push or pull the scoop into the snow, a hinged scraper at the entrance to the scoop, and the handle being pivotal to a ge... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5581915 | Snowplow carriage assembly for manual snow removal A snowplow carriage assembly for removal of snow manually by plowing the snow in an area to be cleared of snow. The carriage is a manually propelled wheeled structure made of a plurality of members pivotally connected for collapsing and folding for storag... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5492070 | Planting tool and method of using same The method of planting potted nursery plants includes providing a planting tool having a punch head corresponding to the shape of the potted plant to be planted and then inserting the punch head into the ground and displacing soil for forming a cavity hav... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5487530 | Shoveling aid A shoveling aid for a shovel includes an elongated bracing member releasably attachable to the handle of the shovel at a selected position away from the shovel blade to permit the shovel to be levered with the aid to lift a load carried by the blade. The ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5382065 | Compost cutting and stirring apparatus A spade-like member includes an elongate shaft pivotally mounted to a blade member that is formed of a generally triangular configuration, with the support shaft arranged for selective latching to the shaft permitting the shaft and the blade member to pro... | 01/17/1995 |
