Material compacting device

Claim 1

A SELF-CONTAINED PORTABLE COMPACTOR COMPRISING: A FRAME, A MOUNT FOR A TOOL, SAID TOOL MOUNT BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT IN AN UPRIGHT PATH; A RECIPROCATORY MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR VIBRATING SAID TOOL MOUNT ALONG SAID PATH; A HANDLE FOR GUIDING SAID FRAME; VIBRATION DAMPENING MEANS MOUNTING SAID HANDLE ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLE IN AN UPRIGHT PLANE AND FOR SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLE TRANSVERSE TO SAID PLANE AND SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TOOL MOUNT, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE TRANSVERSE TO SAID PATH RESULTS IN SIMILAR AND INSTANTANEOUSLY RESPONSIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID FRAME, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF BRACKETS ATTACHED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FRAME, A RECTANGULAR SLOT IN EACH OF SAID BRACKETS, THE ENDS OF THE HANDLE BEING FLAT, SAID ENDS EXTENDING INTO SAID RECTANGULAR SLOTS FOR MATING ENGAGEMENT AND A SNUG SLIDING FIT THEREWITH, HINGE PINS SECURED TO SAID BRACKETS AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FRAME IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS GENERALLY NORMAL TO SAID PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID TOOL MOUNT, SAID HINGE PINS EACH EXTENDING THROUGH RESPECTIVE SLOTS AND HANDLE ENDS AND PIVOTALLY SECURING SAID HANDLE TO SAID BRACKETS; AND MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF ADJUSTABLE ABUTMENTS IN EACH OF SAID SLOTS SPACED FROM SAID HINGE PINS FOR ENGAGING THE ENDS IN THE RESPECTIVE SLOTS AND ADJUSTABLY LIMITING SAID PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID HANDLE.