Patent ID: 8136268

Claim:
A wheeled shovel comprising: a wheel assembly having an axle and a wheel; a frame having an upper portion, a lower portion, and a middle portion disposed generally between upper and lower portions of the frame, the middle portion adjacent the axle such that the axle is operable as a fulcrum or pivot point about which the frame can pivot; a handle disposed at about the upper portion of the frame; and a shovel blade disposed at about the lower portion of the frame which said frame lower portion is lower than the axle when the shovel blade and wheel are on the same horizontal surface; the wheel assembly, frame, handle, and shovel blade cooperatively configured with a leverage ratio so as to enable a user to lift and carry a load of snow on the shovel blade and to accelerate and throw the snow generally upwardly and forwardly away from the shovel blade in response to a sufficient force applied to the handle for pivoting the frame relative to the axle with a recoil generated through the fulcrum and the axle operable as the pivot point.