Patent ID: 6050626
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A manual trash harvester system comprising a trash grasping assembly for retrieving trash scattered on the ground and a trash collection assembly for holding trash retrieved, said trash grasping assembly including an elongated rod having a handle spaced from and adjacent an upper end thereof and a spike mounted on a lower end thereof, a round tubular sleeve having a handle at one end thereof and a circular flange at the other end thereof, said sleeve being slidably and telescopingly disposed over said rod, said sleeve being shorter in length than said rod to expose said spike when said handle of said sleeve and said handle of said rod are in proximity and gripped by a hand of a user, said flange having an opening for passage of said spike therethrough and a surface to force trash impaled on said spike off said spike when said sleeve is moved over said spike, said rod having an elongated portion between its said handle and said upper end which extends along a user's forearm when said handles are gripped by a hand of a user.