초록

A lawn rake incorporating a spring element which is adapted to provide a “throwing”capability in the rake head. The spring element urges the rake head into a position at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the rake handle.

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A lawn rake with spring pivoting head, comprising: a rake head comprised of a plurality of flexible tines, each having a proximal end and a distal end, each tine distal end terminating in a bent end, said bent ends all being in the same direction, said tine proximal ends terminating in and being att

A lawn rake with spring pivoting head, comprising: a rake head comprised of a plurality of flexible tines, each having a proximal end and a distal end, each tine distal end terminating in a bent end, said bent ends all being in the same direction, said tine proximal ends terminating in and being attached to a tine retainer clip, said tines being held in the same general plane by a tine guide which is adapted to evenly spread apart the distances between the tines gradually increasing the distances between tines from their proximal ends to their distal ends; a handle portion comprised of an elongated cylindrical member having a proximal end and a distal end, said distal end being near to the rake head; and a rake head engaging means comprised of: a handle interface element; and an elongated, spring element having a concave middle portion, a flat proximal portion and a flat distal portion, said flat portions of the spring element having a general longitudinal axis parallel to the general longitudinal axis of the rake, said proximal portion being attached to the said interface element and said handle cylindrical member, and said distal portion being positioned to engage said retainer clip; said tine retainer clip being pivotally joined to said handle interface element.