Patent ID: 7896094

Claim:
A beach cleaner comprising: a frame including a plurality of longitudinal members each extending along a traveling direction of the beach cleaner, and a plurality of transverse members each extending in a transverse direction of the beach cleaner, the transverse members extending substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal members; a churn-up portion disposed in a front portion of the frame; a mesh member disposed in a rear portion of the frame; and a tow portion disposed at a front end portion of the frame, the churn-up portion adapted to churn up litter scattered on sand ground, along with sand, while the beach cleaner is traveling on a surface of the sand ground by being towed by a towing vehicle, and the churned up litter being deposited in the mesh member, wherein the mesh member has an encircling member open at least at a side, the mesh member including mesh that is relatively rough at a front portion thereof in the traveling direction, and that is finer at a rear portion thereof in the traveling direction than that of at least the front portion, and further comprising: a pair of extension frames extending rearwardly from a rearmost transverse member, each of the extension frames having a rear end portion upon which a rear ski support pipe for supporting a rear ski leg is disposed, wherein each of the rear ski legs is adjustable with respect to the corresponding extension frame in a direction that is orthogonal to a length of the rearwardly extending extension frame.