Patent ID: 7665489

Claim:
A shovel assembly for filling sandbags, said assembly including: a head portion having a bottom wall including a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, a first side wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said first side edge, a second side wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said second side edge, said first and second side walls extending rearward of said rear edge, a rear wall being attached to and extending between distal ends of said first and second side walls with respect to said bottom wall, a fill opening being defined between said rear edge and said rear wall; an elongated member being attached to and extending away from said rear wall, a handle being attached to said elongated member opposite of said head portion; a retaining apparatus being mounted on said head portion and releasably retaining a sandbag in an open position and aligned with said fill opening, wherein sand may be scooped with said bottom wall and dumped into the sandbag through said fill opening, wherein said retaining apparatus includes a pair of catches, each of said first and second side walls having an outer surface having one of said catches attached thereto, said catches being positioned between said front edge and said rear edge of said bottom wall, the bag being extendable around each of said catches; a pair of brackets, each of said brackets being attached to said rear wall, said brackets being spaced from each other, one of said brackets extending along a portion of said first side wall and the other of said brackets extending along a portion of said second side wall, an edge of the bag being positioned on said brackets; and a grip being removably attached to said elongated member and being positioned between said handle and said head portion.