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Platform tool for moving material

  • US 5,346,269 A
  • Filed: 01/14/1993
  • Issued: 09/13/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tool for moving material comprising:

  • a rectangular platform for receiving a normal load of material to be moved by the tool and having a forward edge and a rearward edge defining a length therebetween and having a width, said length and width each being between about eighteen and thirty-six inches;

    a handle;

    a handle receiving shank secured to said platform and extending from the rearward edge toward the forward edge for a portion of the length of the platform, said handle receiving shank forming a curve in said platform over the portion of the length of the platform secured to the handle receiving shank; and

    said platform being made of a material having a normally flat configuration over its length forwardly of the handle receiving shank but being flexible enough so that, as the platform is loaded to a normal load to be carried by the tool, the platform will flex to continue the curve formed by the handle receiving shank over at least a portion of the platform forwardly of the handle receiving shank so that a portion of the platform adjacent the forward edge thereof extends under the load, whereby material loaded on the platform will substantially remain on the platform as the platform is dragged over a surface by means of the handle with the handle extending at an angle to the surface.

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