Patent ID: 6918240

Claim:
A rake device, comprising: (a) an elongated stem having a main portion and a first end portion; (b) a rake head having a plurality of tines arranged substantially along a first plane that is operably transversely aligned with respect to a user of said rake device, said rake head defining a face on a first side of said first plane for engaging a raking surface; and (c) a pivot means operably coupling said rake head to said first end portion of said elongated stem and defining a first pivot axis that is oriented transversely to a longitudinal axis of said elongated stem so as to operably provide relative pivoting motion between said rake head and said elongated stem in a direction substantially perpendicular to said first plane, said pivot means including selective locking means for selectively locking said rake head in one of a plurality of pivot positions about said first pivot axis, with said plurality of pivot positions being located at least throughout 270° of arcuate travel about said first pivot axis from a first position about said pivot axis wherein a first acute angle is formed between said elongate stem and a second side of said first plane to a second position wherein a second acute angle is formed between said elongate stem and said first side of said first plane.