Patent ID: 6863520

Claim:
An auger scoop comprising: a hollow cylindrical tube having an open bottom, a side wall having an interior surface, an exterior surface, an upper portion formed with a substantial opening, and a lower portion, and a circular top formed with an aperture at its center; a blade connected to said interior surface of said lower portion of said tube near said bottom of said tube; a circular butt plate having a circular top surface, an outer edge, and a circular bottom surface and formed with an aperture passing through the centers of said top and bottom surfaces and connected on said outer edge to said interior surface of said upper portion of said tube near said top of said tube; a shaft having a first end and a second end and connected on said first end to said cylindrical tube and said butt plate wherein said shaft passes through said aperture in said top of said tube and is inserted into said aperture in said butt plate; a power unit having an interior, an exterior surface, a first end formed with a longitudinal aperture, and a second end and connected to said shaft wherein said second end of said shaft is removably inserted into said longitudinal aperture; and an activation switch connected to said exterior surface of said power unit.