Tarp tool

• US 9,992,938 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2016
• Issued: 06/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Practical Productions, LLC
• Original Assignee: Lawns Etc., LLC
• Inventors: Farrer, Benjamin, Farrer, Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Paul T
• Application Number:
  US15/259,544
• Publication Number:
  US 20180064035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 294142, 294150, 294152, 294154, 294155, 294156, 294159, 294165, 294137
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 20/30 Apparatus for treating the lawn or grass surface machines for aerating lawns A01B45/02
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 20/43 for sweeping, collecting or disintegrating lawn debris
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2505/18 Outdoor fabrics, e.g. tents, tarpaulins D10B2507/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A manufactured device comprised of a high strength, padded strap with carabiner clips attached onto both ends intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached. The device may be strapped about the body like a chest strap or belt, or drug by other equipment. The device includes a pad to be placed upon the body for comfort while using. The device is not meant to be pulled by hand backwards, nor does it consist of anything being tied or secured upon the body. It attaches via the carabiners to the eyelets which are universal and of a standard size on every tarp. Methods for moving debris using the device and a tarp are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method of moving yard debris on a tarp comprised of the steps:

(a) providing a device intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached, the device consisting of;

a high strength strap about ten feet in length with carabiner clips on both ends of the strap, the ends of the strap sewn closed around each carabiner clip, each carabiner clip configured to bind to the metal eyelets standard on most tarps, and

a single pad removably attached to the strap, the strap configured to be located individually about the waist, chest or-shoulder of the user,

wherein the device allows a user to drag the tarp without use of the user'"'"'s hands,

(b) wherein the device is worn by a first user and attached to a side of the tarp,

(c) wherein a second device is worn by a second user and attached to an opposite side of the tarp,

(d) wherein the users move in opposite directions and lift the tarp off of the ground, and

(e) wherein the users move in a same direction while retaining enough force between them to keep the tarp off of the ground.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the strap is made from cotton, polyester, polypropylene or nylon.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the strap has a tensile strength exceeding about 1,000 lbs/in.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the tensile strength exceeds about 1,500 lbs/in.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the tensile strength is within the range of about 1,500 lbs/in to about 4,300 lbs/in.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the strap width is about 1 to about 2 inches.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the strap thickness is within the range of about 0.035 inches to about 0.074 inches.

8. A method of moving material on a tarp comprising-of the steps:

(a) providing a device intended to make a tarp easier to drag under load when attached, the device consisting of;

a high strength strap about ten feet in length with carabiner clips on both ends of the strap, the ends of the strap sewn closed around each carabiner clip, each carabiner clip configured to bind to the metal eyelets standard on most tarps, and

a single pad removably attached to the strap, the strap configured to be located individually about the waist, chest or-shoulder of the user,

wherein the device allows a user to drag the tarp without use of the user'"'"'s hands,

(b) wherein the first provided device is worn by a first user and attached to a first side of the tarp,

(c) wherein the second provided device is worn by a second user and attached to the tarp, and

(d) wherein the users move in the same direction to increase the amount of force to effectuate movement of tarp and its material.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the second device is attached to the same side of the tarp.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the second device is attached to a side of the tarp adjacent to the first side of the tarp.

11. The method of claim 8:

wherein the first device is attached to one eyelet of the tarp.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the strap thickness is about 0.044 inches or about 0.053 inches.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the strap has an adjustable length.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the adjustable strap includes a buckle or a strap adjuster.