Patent ID: 6142543
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: E01H

Abstract:
An apparatus for retrieving debris from the ground employing a flexible open container member for receiving and holding any debris that is retrieved by the container member comprising:a. a base member, said base member having a flat upper surface and a lower surface, said base member having a front end, a posterior end, and said base member further having a first side edge and a second side edge;b. an upright longitudinally extending handle member having an upper end and a lower end, with the lower end of said handle member being rigidly affixed to a portion of the base member, said handle member being aligned perpendicular to the upper surface of said base member;c. a longitudinally extending container attachment member having an outer surface and being rotatably mounted on said handle member, said container attachment member having hook means thereon positioned to grasp a portion of a flexible container employed adapted to be placed on and in a folded relation under and around said base member with the open end of the container facing front and away from the front end of said base member said container attachment member being affixed parallel to the upper surface of said base member and aligned perpendicular to said handle member with said attachment member extending towards the front end of said base member.