Patent Application
20210185871
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The disclosure relates to shovel leverage devices and more particularly pertains to a new shovel leverage device for reducing the effort required to lift and empty a shovel.
The disclosure uses a second pivoting post to support and provide leverage to lift and unload the shovel.
The prior art relates to shovel leverage devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tool. The tool includes a shaft. The shaft has a first end, a second end and a perimeter edge extending between the first end and the second end. A first handle is attached to and extends upwardly away from the first end. A head is attached to and extends downwardly away from the second end. A pole is included. The pole has an upper end and a lower end. A foot is attached to the lower end. A coupler is attached to and extends between the pole and the shaft such that the pole and the shaft are pivotable with respect to each other. The coupler allows pivoting wherein upper halves of the pole and the shaft are positionable in a first position orientated parallel to each other and in a second position wherein the first handle is pivoted rearwardly with respect to the upper end.
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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A pole 38 has an upper end 40 and a lower end 42. A second handle 44 is attached to the upper end 40. A foot 46 is attached to the lower end 42. The pole 38 has a bend 48 therein positioned nearer the lower end 42 than the upper end 40 such that the pole 38 is angled in a forward direction from the bend 48 to the lower end 42. The foot 46 is sized to engage with a person's foot such that the pole 38 can be held stationary between the person's foot and a surface 50.
A coupler 52 is attached to and extends between the pole 38 and the shaft 14 such that the pole 38 and the shaft 14 are pivotable with respect to each other. The coupler 52 allows pivoting wherein upper halves of the pole 38 and the shaft 14 are positionable in a first position 54 orientated parallel to each other and in a second position 56 wherein the first handle 26 is pivoted rearwardly with respect to the second handle 44. The first handle 26 and the second handle 44 are aligned laterally with each other when in the first position 54. The foot 46 is above a horizontal plane of the bottom edge 36 when the shaft 14 and the pole 38 are in the first position 54. The foot 46 extends laterally away from the shaft 14. The pole 38 supports both the tool 12 and the load when in the second position 56. The coupler 52 includes an axle 58 extending between the pole 38 and the shaft 14. The axle 58 is spaced from each of the upper end 40 and the lower end 42. The coupler 52 further includes a sleeve 60 which is positioned on the shaft 14. The shaft 14 is rotatable within the sleeve 60. The axle 58 is engaged with the sleeve 60. The sleeve 60 may allow the shaft 14 to slide within the sleeve 60 to aid in use. The shaft 14 is rotatable within the sleeve 60 to allow the tool 12 to be rotated to dump the load that was scooped or picked up using the head 28 of the tool 12.
A stop 62 is attached to the shaft 14. The stop 62 inhibits pivoting of the shaft 14 with respect to the pole 38 when the stop 62 abuts the pole 38. The stop 62 abuts the pole 38 when the shaft 14 and pole 38 are in the first position 54 and the front face 32 is directed forward.
In use, the tool 12 is used with the head 28 engaging with the load on the surface 50. The foot 46 is engaged with the surface 50 and the tool 12 is pivoted to the second position 56 such that the head 28 is lifted above a dumping location of the surface 50. The shaft 14 is rotated within the sleeve 60 to unload the load onto the dumping location of the surface 50. The shaft 14 is rotated back with the head 28 facing forward and pivoted back to the first position 5.
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.
