Combination rake and carrier

Claim 1

A COMBINED RAKE AND CARRIER, COMPRISING A FLAT BODY MEMBER HAVING A TOP PART FORMED FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF A HANDLE THERETO, SAID MEMBER HAVING A FORWARD SIDE, A REARWARD SIDE, AND LATERAL WIDELY SPACED SIDE EDGES, HINGE EAR MEMBERS ON AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE EDGES, A PLURALITY OF RAKE TINES, EACH ATTACHED AT ONE END TO AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BODY MEMBER, SAID TINES LYING IN A COMMON PLANE AND BEING SPACED APART TRANVERSELY OF THE BODY MEMBER, EACH OF SAID TINES HAVING A PORTION OF ITS OTHER, AND LOWER, END EXTENDING AT AN OBTUSE ANGLE DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY, A SECOND BODY MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS THE REAR SIDE OF THE FIRST BODY MEMBER AND SPACED REARWARDLY FROM AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELING THE FIRST BODY MEMBER, MEANS PIVOTALLY COUPLING SAID SECOND BODY MEMBER TO SAID HINGE EAR MEMBERS FOR PIVOTING ON AN AXIS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY TINES EACH SECURED AT ONE END TO AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE SECOND BODY MEMBER, SAID SECONDARY TINES BEING SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY OF THE SECOND BODY MEMBER AND LYING IN A COMMON PLANE, EACH OF SAID SECONDARY TINES HAVING A PORTION OF ITS OTHER, AND LOWER END EXTENDING AT AN OBTUSE ANGLE DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY AND TERMINATING AN APPRECIABLE DISTANCE ABOVE, OR SHORT OF, THE SAID OTHER, LOWER ENDS OF THE RAKE TINES WHEN THE SECONDARY TINES ARE PIVOTED FORWARDLY INTO A CLOSED RELATION WITH THE RAKE TINES, AND SPRING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID BODY MEMBERS AND BIASED TO URGE THE SAME AND THE TINES INTO SAID CLOSED RELATION.