Patent ID: 8429785
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: E01C,E04F

Abstract:
1. A hand trowel operable from an upright position comprising: a trowel head attached to an elongated handle, which includes an actuator handle to rotate the trowel head with respect to the elongated handle; wherein an end user grabs both the elongated handle and the actuator handle in order to move the trowel head across a surface; wherein at least one pivot rod attaches between the actuator handle and the trowel head and upon rotation of the actuator handle shall rotate the trowel head about the elongated handle; wherein the actuator handle is attached onto the elongated handle at a pivot point; wherein the actuator handle can rotate about the elongated handle via the pivot point; wherein the actuator handle attaches to the elongated handle at the pivot point, and is further defined by a “U”-shaped bracket that includes a handle bar at an end of the “U”-shaped bracket; wherein the pivot rod attaches onto the “U”-shaped bracket at a pivot rot point; wherein the elongated handle includes a pivot rod guide at a predetermined point; wherein the pivot rod guide extends out from a side of the elongated handle and includes a hole through which the pivot rod passes.