Rake and collector device

Claim 1

A COMBINATION RAKE AND COLLECTOR DEVICE FOR USE WITH LEAVES, TRASH OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, AN ELONGATED HANDLE, A RAKE HEAD HAVING BAR MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTING SAID RAKE HEAD ON ONE END OF SAID HANDLE TO EXTEND SYMMETRICALLY AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, SAID RAKE HEAD INCLUDING A SET OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND GENERALLY ARCUATELY CURVED TINES FIXEDLY MOUNTED AT THEIR UPPER END PORTIONS ON SAID BAR MEANS SO AS TO EXTEND OUTWARDLY AT ONE SIDE OF SAID HANDLE AND IN FACING RELATION TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE LATTER, SAID HANDLE INCLUDING APERTURE MEANS THEREIN ROTATABLY MOUNTING A BAR AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO AND GENERALLY PARALLEL TO AND ADJACENT SAID BAR MEANS, BRACE MEANS SECURED TO AND RIGIDIFYING SAID FIRST SET OF TINES, SAID BRACE MEANS INCLUDING PORTIONS ADJACENT SAID HANDLE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL BEARING SUPPORT FOR SAID ROTATABLY MOUNTED BAR, A SECOND SET OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL AND GENERALLY ARCUATELY CURVED TINES FIXEDLY SECURED ON SAID ROTATABLY MOUNTED BAR TO ROTATE THEREWITH AT SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID HANDLE THROUGH AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES, SAID SECOND SET OF TINES BEING OF GREATER LENGTH AND OF A GREATER RADIUS OF CURVATURE THAN SAID FIRST SET OF TINES, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SECOND SET OF BAR-MOUNTED TINES DOWNWARDLY INTO A GENERALLY PARALLEL AND COOPERATIVE CAGING POSITION ABREAST OF SAID FIRST SET OF TINES, AND SPRING MEANS NORMALLY YIELDABLY POSITIONING SAID SECOND SET OF TINES UPWARDLY TO AN INOPERATIVE POSITION ADJACENT SAID HANDLE.