Combination rake and trash pick-up tool

Claim 1

A combination rake and trash pick-up tool, comprising, in combination, an elongated rake handle, a main fanned spring finger rake head fixed at its apex and with respect to and extending outwardly of one end of said rake handle, a complementary auxiliary fanned spring finger rake head pivotally secured at its apex end with respect to said one end of said rake handle and movable between open and clamping jaw-like relation with respect to said main rake head for picking up trash piles, and remotely controllable means for moving said auxiliary fan spring finger rake head between said open and clamping positions, outer end portions of the individual spring fingers of each of said main and auxiliary rake heads being obtusely bent towards each other, said main and auxiliary rake heads being slightly laterally offset with respect to one another, whereby the individual spring fingers of one of said rake heads are receivable between the spring fingers of the other of said rake heads when said rake heads are in relatively clamping position, said remotely controllable means comprising an operating lever pivotally connected at one end to said rake handle at an intermediate position therealong, pivot means at an intermediate position along said operating lever, and elongated interconnecting means secured at one end to said auxiliary rake head and pivotally connected at its other end to said pivot means, said interconnecting means comprising a length of spring wire fixed at one end to said auxiliary rake head and extending through an opening in said main rake head, and a relatively rigid control rod, one end of said control rod being linked to the other end of said spring wire, and the other end thereof being pivotally connected to said pivot means.