Patent ID: 9550512
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A01M,A22B,A61G,B62B

Claim:
1. Apparatus for transporting materials comprising: a sheet of a flexible plastics material; a plurality of holes through the plastics material; a rope for engaging through the holes in the sheet; the sheet being shaped in flat plan to define a tapered front converging portion connected to a rear arcuate cupping portion and extending to a front edge; the rope passing through at least one hole at the front of the converging portion to define a forwardly extending portion of the rope for pulling the sheet across the ground with the materials carried thereon; the rope passing through a series of holes at the rear cupping portion to define portions of the rope outside the sheet so that a pulling force on the rope acts to pull the arcuate cupping portion inwardly so as to confine the materials on the cupping portion; wherein the front converging portion includes adjacent each side edge of the front converging portion at least a front hole adjacent the front edge and a rear hole adjacent a front edge of the rear cupping portion so that the rope extends along substantially the full length of the side edge; and wherein there is provided a pair of stiffening tubes each surrounding the rope and extending along a respective side edge of the front converging portion.