Patent ID: 7125060
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A handle for manipulating a tarpaulin together with a plurality of other ones of said handles to collect and transport a load, said tarpaulin having a plurality of corners, said handle comprising: a longitudinal handgrip having opposite ends, a pair of hook means, each hook means of said pair disposed near and extending longitudinally outwardly from a respective opposite end of said handgrip, attachment means adapted to connect said handle to one of said corners of the tarpaulin, and a staking member extending from said attachment means and adapted for insertion into the ground to hold down a corner of the tarpaulin while collecting a load thereon, said handle being constructed and dimensioned to be grasped by a user and such that a hook means of said handle will admit a handgrip so as to support another one of said plurality of other ones of said handles, whereby the load in the tarpaulin may be gathered and transported by a grasped handgrip.