Snow shovel

Claim 1

A SNOW SHOVEL COMPRISING IN ITS OPERATIVE POSITION A SCOOP HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED VERTICAL SIDE WALLS JOINED TO THE SIDE MARGINS OF A SHEET OF METAL HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, THE HORIZONTAL LEADING EDGE OF WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN THE FORWARD EXTREMITIES OF SAID SIDE WALLS, AND A REVERSELY CURVED REAR WALL, RUNNERS SEVERALLY EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY REARWARDLY FROM SAID FORWARD EXTREMITIES OF SAID SIDE WALLS AND FORMING A FULCRUM ARRANGED BELOW AND IN REAR OF SAID SCOOP, A RIGID HANDLE PROJECTING REARWARDLY AND UPWARDLY FROM THE REAR FACE OF SAID REVERSELY CURVED REAR WALL OF SAID SCOOP, A GRIP PORTION AT THE OUTBOARD END OF SAID RIGID HANDLE, MEANS JOINTLY SUPPORTING SAID HANDLE BOTH DIRECTLY FROM SAID REVERSELY CURVED REAR WALL AND ALSO FROM SAID RUNNERS, A BAIL-LIKE SWINGING HANDLE COMPRISING A LENGTH OF WIRE HAVING A GRIP PORTION AND LEGS DIVERGING FROM SAID GRIP PORTION, AND PIVOT MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTBOARD ENDS OF SAID LEGS TO SAID SCOOP ADJACENT THE REAR FACE OF SAID REAR WALL TO SWING ON A HORIZONTAL AXIS GENERALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID LEADING EDGE, SAID GRIP PORTIONS, IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION OF SAID BAIL-LIKE HANDLE, BEING AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT.