Patent ID: 7814609

Claim:
A scraping apparatus for removing drywall spackling from a ceiling, said scraping apparatus comprising: an elongated tubular shaft having open proximal and distal ends in fluid communication with each other along an entire longitudinal length of said tubular shaft; a funnel monolithically formed with said distal end, said funnel being angularly offset from a horizontal plane in such a manner that said funnel extending upwardly along a predetermined angle away from said tubular shaft; a scraping implement positioned above said funnel and situated adjacent to a proximal side thereof such that said scraping implement extends away from said proximal end of said shaft and terminates above a top opening of said funnel; and means for securely maintaining said scraping implement at an elevated position above said top opening of said funnel and spaced from said tubular shaft; wherein said maintaining means comprises: a bracket including monolithically connected first and second arms forming an apex disposed adjacent to said top opening of said funnel and situated above said distal end of said tubular shaft, each of said first and second arms having a coupling monolithically formed at bottom ends thereof, said couplings being concentrically and statically connected directly to said tubular shaft; and a top protrusion monolithically formed with said apex and situated substantially parallel to said top opening of said funnel and juxtaposed proximal thereto, said top protrusion having a planar top surface.