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This invention is directed to a device and method for enabling a person to fill a sandbag quickly and efficiently without the assistance of another person. The inventive sandbag shovel preferably includes a scoop for scooping up the sand, a chute flexibly connected to the scoop for directing sand fr

This invention is directed to a device and method for enabling a person to fill a sandbag quickly and efficiently without the assistance of another person. The inventive sandbag shovel preferably includes a scoop for scooping up the sand, a chute flexibly connected to the scoop for directing sand from the scoop into a sandbag, a sandbag gripper mounted to the chute for releasable connection to the mouth of a sandbag to maintain the sandbag mouth in sand-receiving relationship to the chute, and a pair of handles connected to the scoop.

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A shovel for moving material into a container, comprising: a continuously curved scoop having a head region, a base region and two side edge regions located between said head and base regions; a non-tubular chute to direct material from said scoop into a container, said chute having a material entry

A shovel for moving material into a container, comprising: a continuously curved scoop having a head region, a base region and two side edge regions located between said head and base regions; a non-tubular chute to direct material from said scoop into a container, said chute having a material entry end adjacent to said base region of said scoop and a material exit end, said scoop and chute forming a shovel body; a connector interconnecting said scoop and said chute to locate said base region of said scoop adjacent said material entry end of said chute throughout a range of relative angular movement therebetween; and a container gripper mounted to said shovel body and releasably connectable to the mouth of a container to maintain the container mouth in material-receiving relationship to said exit end of said chute when releasably connected thereto.