Patent ID: 9038677
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A47J,B65B,B67C,G01F

Abstract:
1. A combination scoop and funnel comprising: a scoop having a material body defining an open top, a handle extending from said material body, an interior material reservoir and a narrowing portion extending downwardly from said material body and defining a discharge aperture; a funnel member having a tapered body, an open top and a funnel aperture; a valve slide having a lower end joined to said funnel member, an upper end extending through said discharge aperture and detent means; and a valve cap, defining a maximum dimension greater than said discharge aperture, supported upon said upper end of said valve slide above said discharge aperture, said valve slide being movable between a raised position in which said valve cap is raised upwardly away from said discharge aperture and said funnel member is proximate to said narrowing portion and a lowered position in which said valve cap blocks and closes said discharge aperture and said funnel member is spaced from said narrowing portion, said valve slide moved to said lowered position, and being releasably secured at said lowered position by said detent means, closing said discharge aperture to retain material scooped into said interior material reservoir and thereafter raised to open said discharge aperture and allow material to fall through said discharge aperture and said funnel aperture.