Patent ID: 6135520
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A device for picking up objects from the ground comprising:a tube having a horizontal handle portion, a vertical portion and a neck portion therebetween,the neck portion having a slot therein, and a base of the vertical portion having a slot therein,the handle portion having a squeeze grip pivotally connected to an end of the handle portion and extending into the slot of the neck portion of the tube,a cable inside the vertical portion of the tube and connected to the squeeze grip,a sweep member pivotally connected to a lower portion of the vertical tube portion, extending through the slot in the base of the vertical tube portion and attached to the cable,a hoop portion attached to the base of the vertical tube portion proximate the sweep member, such that the sweep member pivots toward the hoop portion and pushes objects in to the hoop portion when the squeeze grip is pulled toward the horizontal handle portion.