Patent ID: 7631443

Claim:
A wheeled shovel comprising: a frame having an upper frame member and a lower frame member; a handle disposed at an upper end portion of the upper frame member; a shovel blade disposed at a lower end portion of the lower frame member; a wheel assembly having a wheel and an opening configured to receive a portion of an axle connector; a hinge apparatus including: a first linking member disposed at a lower end portion of the upper frame member; a second linking member disposed at an upper end portion of the lower frame member; the first and second linking members including axle connector openings configured to receive a portion of the axle connector, for attaching the wheel assembly when the axle connector is engaged with the opening of the wheel assembly and the axle connector openings of the first and second linking members; the first and second linking members including first and second sets of openings configured to receive a portion of a connector, for selective adjustment to the handle height through an angular orientation of the upper frame member to the lower frame member; wherein the upper frame member is at a first angular orientation relative to the lower frame member and the handle is at a first handle height, when the connector is engaged with the first set of openings and the wheeled shovel is in a first open, ready-for-use configuration; wherein the upper frame member is at a second angular orientation relative to the lower frame member less than the first angular orientation such that the handle is at a second handle height higher than the first handle height, when the connector is engaged with the second set of openings and the wheeled shovel is in a second open, ready-for-use configuration; and wherein the upper frame member is pivotably movable relative to the lower frame member about the axle connector to a closed, collapsed configuration in which the upper frame member is alongside the lower frame member and the handle is adjacent the shovel blade, when the connector is not engaged with the first or second set of openings.