Shovel

Claim 1

A SHOVEL OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED COMPRISING A BLADE, A FIRST GENERALLY U-SHAPED TUBULAR FRAME INCLUDING SPACED LEGS HAVING PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS AND DIVERGENT LEG PORTIONS AT CORRESPONDING ENDS OF THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS, A CLOSED END MEMBER AT THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS FROM THE DIVERGENT LEG PORTIONS, THE DIVERGENT LEG PORTIONS AND PARTS ONLY OF THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS BEING SECURED TO THE BLADE, THE CLOSED END MEMBER PROVIDING A FIRST HANDLE TRANSVERSELY ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SAID PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS, A SECOND U-SHAPED TUBULAR FRAME INCLUDING SPACED LEGS HAVING PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS, AN END MEMBER TRANSVERSELY CONNECTING THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF SAID SECOND FRAME AND FORMING A SECOND HANDLE MEMBER, THE SECOND U-SHAPED FRAME BEING SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN AT THE END THEREOF OPPOSITE THE SECOND HANDLE BUT BEING CONNECTED AT SAID OPEN END TO THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF THE FIRST-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME ADJACENT TO THE FIRST-NAMED HANDLE, MEANS SECURING THE SECOND-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME TO THE FIRST-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME IN FIXED RELATION THERETO BUT AT AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT THERETO, THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF THE FIRST-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME EXTENDING AT A RELATIVELY SHARP INCLINATION WITH RESPECT TO THE BLADE TO THE FIRST-NAMED HANDLE, AND THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF THE SECOND-NAMED USHAPED FRAME EXTENDING AT A LESSER INCLINATION FROM THE FIRST-NAMED HANDLE TO THE SECOND-NAMED HANDLE, AND THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF THE SECOND-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN THE LENGTHS OF THE PARALLEL LEG PORTIONS OF THE FIRST-NAMED U-SHAPED FRAME SO THAT THE FIRST-NAMED HANDLE IS RELATIVELY CLOSELY ADJACENT THE BLADE WHEREAS THE SECOND-NAMED U-SHAPED HANDLE IS AT A RELATIVELY GREATER DISTANCE THEREFROM.