Patent ID: 9374937
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A01B

Claim Text:
1. A hand digging shovel, comprising: a shovel plate or a shovel bucket; and a handle having a transition portion connected to the shovel plate or the shovel bucket, the transition portion including an arm; wherein the handle and the shovel plate or the shovel bucket have a slightly V-shaped arrangement or disposition relative to one another; wherein the shovel plate or the shovel bucket has a curved bucket surface that is delimited by side walls and extends between the side walls, the curved bucket surface has a substantially straight end portion in a longitudinal direction towards an exit of the shovel plate or shovel bucket, and retains a curvature thereof in a transverse direction; wherein the straight end portion of the curved bucket surface includes a protruding portion that extends beyond the side walls and is not part of the side walls; wherein substantially an entirety of each of the side walls is substantially flat; wherein the side walls are substantially perpendicular to the curved bucket surface; and wherein the straight end portion of the curved bucket surface is provided with teeth welded thereto, the teeth extending up to beneath a termination of the side walls.