Patent ID: 8038192

Claim:
An ice scoop comprising: a scoop section having a bottom wall with a forward end, a rear end, and opposed sides, two opposed side walls extending up from the sides, and a back wall extending between the side walls and up from the rear end of the bottom wall; and a handle section extending rearward from the back wall and having two opposed and spaced apart rails, a first handhold extending laterally between the two rails and spaced from the back wall, and a second handhold extending laterally between the two rails and spaced from the first handhold and farther from the back wall, wherein the handle section is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the bottom wall and angles upward further away from the back wall, and wherein the two rails have an offset step in close proximity to the first handhold and between the first and second handholds, and wherein the offset step is downward relative to the handle section angle and in the direction away from the scoop section when viewed from the side.