Harvesters – Hand rakes – Broom type
Patent
1996-01-23
1998-02-24
Melius, Terry Lee
Harvesters
Hand rakes
Broom type
5640019, A01D 706
Patent
active
057201595
ABSTRACT:
A collapsible leaf rake having a plurality of overlapping tine sections in which one of the tine sections is fixed to the handle, the other tine sections being relatively movable with respect to each other and to the handle about the pivot so that the with of the rake head may be adjusted and the leaf rake may be stored with the tine sections superimposed in alignment with the handle. Spacing means are also provided, comprising a transversely-extending pin on a tine section and a stop slot adapted to receive the pin provided on adjacent tine sections, the length of the slots defining the maximum angular separation between adjacent tine sections in a spread-out configuration.
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