Patent ID: 6851254
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A self-cleaning rake, comprising: an elongated handle having a rake end, a handle end and a middle portion; a body having a surface substantially lying in one plane and having an attachment end that is attached to the rake end of the handle, a tine end opposite the attachment end and a central portion disposed between the attachment end and the tine end; a plurality of tines extending from and fixed to the tine end of the body; an actuator bar channel formed in the central portion of the body comprising a pair of major sides and a pair of minor sides; an actuator bar disposed within the actuator bar channel and extending generally parallel to the tine end of the body; a grip disposed about the outside of the middle portion of the handle and adapted to slide along the handle; a push-rod having first and second ends, the push-rod disposed along the handle and connected to the grip and to the actuator bar; a cleaning bar disposed along the tine end of the body and having a plurality of channels, each of which is adapted to surround at least a portion of a respective one of the tines; a first extender channel formed in the body and extending from the actuator channel to the tine end of the body; and a first extender connected to the actuator bar and to the cleaning bar; wherein the actuator bar, the push-rod and the first extender are enclosed within the self-cleaning rake when in a retracted position.