Patent ID: 7703822
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: A01B,A01D

Abstract:
1. A combination rake and shovel device comprising: a) a shovel having a handle extending therefrom; b) a rake having a handle extending therefrom; c) a pivoting means of connecting said rake and said shovel at a medial point of their respective handles; d) said pivoting means comprising a bolt interconnecting said rake and shovel handles allowing said handles to be rotatable between a first position wherein said rake and shovel are usable together to grasp material therebetween on a ground surface and a second position rotated substantially 180 degrees from said first position whereby the rake is at one end of said device and the shovel is at an opposite end of said device so that said device can be used as either a rake or a shovel depending on how the device is being held, while said handles are not detached from each other, and e) said pivoting means being located on said handles so that when said handles are in said first position a distal edge of said shovel extends beyond distal ends of tines of said rake to prevent said tines from bending when said device is used for grasping material on the ground surface, all of the distal ends of said tines bending adjacent said distal ends thereof only toward said shovel.