Patent ID: 8720962

Claim:
A shovel comprising: a handle; a blade; said blade including a flat base plate having a front edge, a back section connected to and extending from said base plate, a first and a second side section extending from said base plate, wherein each of said first and second sections is connected to said base plate and said back section; a plurality of teeth, wherein each of said teeth extending from the front edge of the base plate and connected to at least one rib, each of said ribs being connected to the front edge of said base plate such that the front edge of each of said teeth and a length of the base plate, said length being measured from the front edge of the base plate to the back section, form an uninterrupted straight line along a bottom side of each of said teeth and a bottom side of the base plate wherein each of said teeth includes a back surface that is connected to said rib, said back surface including a of said teeth width and a of said teeth height, and each of said ribs includes a front surface, said front surface including a rib width and rib height such that said tooth width and tooth height are equal to or greater than the rib width and rib height, respectively; wherein said back section meets said base plate at an angle, said first side section meets said base plate at an angle, said second side sections meet said base plate at an angle and wherein said handle is connected to said back section.