Patent ID: 7832663

Claim:
An apparatus for a user to disperse granular material, comprising: a bucket for receiving and storing the granular material, the bucket having a bottom, the bucket bottom having a hole through which granular material is gravity discharged; a downspout assembly cooperating with the bucket, for directing the granular material discharged from the bucket, the downspout assembly having a conduit, the conduit having a lower end; a spreader assembly attached to the bucket, the spreader assembly having a spreader plate positioned to receive granular material from the downspout assembly conduit lower end, a motor configured to receive power from an electric power source, a power source positioning member, a driving member connecting the motor and the spreader plate, and an actuator, for activating and de-activating the motor such that the activated motor rotates the spreader plate and granular material is dispersed, the downspout assembly conduit lower end being spaceable with respect to the spreader plate; a frame having a platform for supporting the bucket and spreader assembly and; a harness for receiving and supporting the frame, the harness having straps such that the user supports upon the user's back; and further wherein the bucket has a conduit and the downspout assembly conduit is adjustable along a portion of their respective lengths such that the downspout assembly conduit lower end is positionable between at least a first and second vertical position.