Patent ID: 6250695
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
A scoop, suitable for debris collection and disposal, comprising: a single blank of uniform thickness incorporating fold lines extending from an edge of said blank; two substantially parallel perimeter sides formed along respective ones of said fold lines; a fold line perpendicular to said parallel perimeter sides; a third perimeter side formed along said last mentioned fold line; first and second substantially rectangular tabs extending along respective ones of said parallel sides; fold lines defining a side of each of said tabs about which said tabs are folded into the plane of said third perimeter side; a third tab extending from said third perimeter side; a fold line defining a side of said third tab about which said third tab is folded substantially one hundred and eighty degrees over said first and second tabs; means for coupling said third tab to said third perimeter side; first and second pairs of substantially parallel slits, symmetrically disposed in said third perimeter side; and first and second handles extending from the regions defined, respectively, by said first and second pairs of substantially parallel slits.