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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Krug, Oregon, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 59 ; 2541315 ;
Abstract
A new lifting aid device for a shovel for helping a user to easily lift a shovel, in particular a shovel having an offset type handle. The inventive device includes a brace member with an elongate shaft portion and a rest portion. The mounting end of the shaft portion is mountable to a portion of an offset-type handle shaft of a shovel. The inner surface of the rest portion is designed for abutting a portion of a leg, such as a thigh, against it. The pivot end of the shaft portion is pivotally coupled to the outer surface of the rest portion at a midpoint between the upper and lower edges of the rest portion to allow proper pivoting of the rest portion during use.