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The disclosure relates to shovel/pick devices and more particularly pertains to a new shovel/pick device for shoveling or picking.
The prior art relates to shovel/pick devices. The prior art discloses a shovel/pick assembly that includes a foldable shovel head and a pick that extends along a transverse axis with respect to a handle. Additionally, the prior art discloses a modular shovel/pick assembly. The prior art discloses a shovel head attachment for an ice climbing axe and the prior art discloses a multi-purpose tool that can be assembled into a variety of configurations. The prior art also discloses a multipurpose tool that includes a plurality of interchangeable tool attachments.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle that is longitudinally elongate. The handle has a plurality of finger valleys each integrated into the handle to receive a respective user's fingers for enhancing gripping the handle. A shovel head is coupled to the handle for shoveling loose material. A pick is coupled to the handle to break apart solid material and the pick is positioned on an opposite end of the handle from the shovel head.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The handle 12 has a pick end 16, a shovel end 18 and an outer surface 20 extending therebetween, and the handle 12 is elongated between the pick end 16 and the shovel end 18. The outer surface 20 has a plurality of ridges 22 each extending around an entire circumference of the outer surface 20. The ridges 22 are spaced apart from each other to define each of the finger valleys 14 between respective pairs of the ridges 22. Additionally, the plurality of ridges 22 is positioned closer to the shovel end 18 than the pick end 16 of the handle 12.
A shovel head 24 is provided and the shovel head 24 is coupled to the handle 12 for shoveling loose material, such as dirt, gravel, sand or other similar material. The shovel has a blade 26 and a socket 28, and the socket 28 insertably receives the shovel end 18 of the handle 12. Additionally, the blade 26 extends along an axis extending through the pick end 16 and the shovel end 18 of the handle 12. The shovel head 24 may have a length of at least 20.0 inches and a width of at least 8.0 inches. Additionally, the shovel head 24 may taper to a point in the same manner as a dirt shovel or sand shovel.
A pick 30 is coupled to the handle 12 to break apart solid material, such as fractured rocks, compacted sediment or other similar material that cannot be shoveled. The pick 30 is positioned on an opposite end of the handle 12 from the shovel head 24. The pick 30 has a coupled end 32, a free end 34 and an outer wall 36 extending therebetween. The outer wall 36 tapers to a point between the coupled end 32 and the free end 34 to pierce the solid material. The coupled end 32 is open and the coupled end 32 insertably receives the pick end 16 of the handle 12. Additionally, the pick 30 may have a length of at least 8.0 inches.
In use, the handle 12 is gripped with the shovel head 24 being directed toward the ground thereby facilitating the shovel head 24 to shovel the loose material. Additionally, the finger valleys in the handle 12 inhibit the user's hand from sliding along the handle 12 while the loose material is being shoveled. The handle 12 is flipped around such that the pick 30 is directed toward the ground when solid material is encountered. In this way the solid material can be broken apart to facilitate the solid material to be shoveled.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.