Patent ID: 9204587
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A01B,E01H

Abstract:
1. A shovel accessory for a shovel having a handle shaft and a shovel head attached to an end thereof, the accessory comprising: a main longitudinal beam having opposing front and rear ends; a shovel attachment mechanism arranged to secure the shovel to the main longitudinal beam in a position laying the handle shaft of the shovel along the main longitudinal beam with the shovel head situated beyond the front end of the main longitudinal beam; an undercarriage depending downward from the main longitudinal beam and defining a ground engagement portion at a distance below the main longitudinal beam at a location nearer to the rear end of the main longitudinal beam than to said front end thereof so that the ground engagement portion defines a fulcrum of the main longitudinal beam at said location when the ground engagement portion is in contact with the ground; and a front handle arrangement supported on the main longitudinal beam in a position thereabove at an intermediate location therealong between the ground engagement portion of the undercarriage and the front end of the main longitudinal beam; a rear handle arrangement supported on the main longitudinal beam in a position thereabove at a rearward position nearer to the ground engagement portion of the undercarriage than said front handle arrangement; whereby the front and rear handle arrangements provide points for gripping of the accessory by respective hands of a user to pivot the main longitudinal beam and attached shovel about the fulcrum in order to lift the shovel head thereabout under rearward pulling of the front handle arrangement.