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A lightweight, compact implement for digging snow, comprising a substantially flat sheet of flexible, resilient material having a front face, a back face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge, and handles situated near the right edge and the left edge thereof, whereby a user gras

A lightweight, compact implement for digging snow, comprising a substantially flat sheet of flexible, resilient material having a front face, a back face, a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge, and handles situated near the right edge and the left edge thereof, whereby a user grasping the sheet by the handles may selectively deform the sheet into a shovel head shape and use it to cut and transport volumes of snow using the top edge or bottom edge. The handles may comprise oblong hand holes formed near the right and left edges of the sheet, or may comprise handles or straps affixed near the edges. The top edge is short and rounded so as to facilitate digging of hard or packed snow, while the bottom edge is longer and less rounded to allow digging of comparatively larger volumes of light or soft snow.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An implement for digging snow, comprising:a substantially flat continuous sheet of flexible, resilient material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, a left edge, and an elongate axis between said top edge and said bottom edge, the top edge comprising a continuo

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An implement for digging snow, comprising:a substantially flat continuous sheet of flexible, resilient material having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, a left edge, and an elongate axis between said top edge and said bottom edge, the top edge comprising a continuous smooth outward curve in the plane of the sheet which is shorter and more rounded than the bottom edge; andgrasping means disposed near the right edge and the left edge of said flat sheet, said grasping means having elongate axes which are oriented generally parallel to said right and left edges and generally parallel to the elongate axis of said flat sheet, whereby a user grasping the sheet by the grasping means may selectively deform the sheet about said elongate axis by means of inward pressure exerted upon said grasping means, so as to form said sheet into an arc along a cross-section taken generally perpendicular to said elongate axis, thereby forming said sheet into a shovel head shape to cut and transport volumes of snow using the top edge or bottom edge.