US20180009559A1 - Yard waste collection device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A yard waste collection device having an integral body, handle, and clamping means. The integral body has a planar surface and a continuous side. The continuous side has a large opening. Leaves and grass clippings can be raked or swept into the integral body and through the opening. A lawn or leaf bag, held in place by the clamping means, collects the leaves.
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- This invention relates to the classification of Handling: Hand and Hoist-line Implements. Specifically, this invention is a hand-held yard waste collection device.
- A combined internet search for “yard waste” and “back pain” generates over one million (1,000,000) hits. Chiropractors, orthopedic doctors, laser spine institutes, landscape maintenance services, and a host of other interested stakeholders all discuss “yard waste” and “back pain” together, with many professing cures for the back pain caused by collecting yard waste. The obvious reason for so many results is that collecting yard waste causes back pain for a large proportion of the population.
- Those who perform yard work are well aware of the difficulties typically encountered when manually collecting leaves and other light debris, and placing them into plastic bags. There are a few common methods for collecting leaves and other yard waste. First, a person holds a plastic bag open with one hand while the plastic bag rests on the ground, and uses the other hand to rake leaves and waste into the bag. This usually requires stooping to hold the bag open, and “choking-up” on the rake to get reasonable leverage with only one hand. Second, two people participate: one holds the bag, the other rakes the leaves into a pile and picks up the pile, placing it in the bag. One person repeatedly stoops and the other person holds the bag for a prolonged period of time. Third, a person uses a specialty implement to help collect leaves. For example, an open bottom barrel can be placed in an open trash bag to make the single person process easier. The problem with the open bottom barrel and other specialty implements is that they do not eliminate stooping and straining while collecting leaves.
- In the past, a considerable amount of yard waste was burned. In recent years, many jurisdictions have imposed bans on burning yard waste. More and more jurisdictions have imposed restrictions that require residents to separately bag yard waste. Some require specific types of bags to be used. The result is that more and more homeowners have to rake, sweep, and bag yard waste and debris. In order to collect leaves, weeds, grass clippings, tree clippings, and other flora debris, a person usually needs to use one of the methods briefly discussed, above. The repetitive bending, while lifting, is the cause of most of the back pain. Even though most yard waste is not heavy in the conventional sense, repeated stooping and lifting fatigues the back, causing back pain.
- Many tools and solutions have been created to address this problem. The internet abounds with alleged solutions. However, none of the tools or advertisements work. That is because all of the solutions, no matter how well-intentioned, still require some amount of stooping and lifting in order to collect yard waste and debris.
- An ideal solution to collecting yard waste would be a tool that allowed a person to collect such waste without bending or stooping. Such a tool must also be light weight and ergonomically correct. Lastly, such a tool would need to be inexpensive. For although people seem to spend significant money on rehabilitating their back, after getting back pain, they don't seem to be enamored with spending money for tools that prevent back pain.
- There is clearly a market demand for an inexpensive, light weight yard waste collection device that minimizes lifting and stooping. There have been many attempts to create yard waste collection devices, but all of them fall far short of the market need.
- For example, U.S. Utility Pat. No. 3,697,030, by named inventor Schultz, entitled, “Material Collecting Means” (“Schultz '030”), teaches a rim structure to maintain a collection bag in the open position. Although Schultz '030 makes leaf or yard waste collection a one-person job, it does not eliminate stooping and lifting. If anything, Schultz '030, and other similar products that require the leaves or waste be vertically dropped into a bag or trashcan, exacerbates the stooping and lifting inherent in the collection of yard waste and debris.
- There are many similar products and patents to Schultz '030, which teach some sort of frame to hold open a leaf bag: U.S. Utility Pat. No. 7,546,989, entitled, “Leaf bagging apparatus,” by named inventors Lineberry et. al., teaches a bag frame opening that lays flat on the ground; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 6,994,301, entitled, “Leaf bagger,” by named inventor Fox teaches a variation of a triangular bag holder frame; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 5,393,022, entitled, “Multi-compartment debris and leaf bag holder and assembly,” by named inventor Palumbo teaches using multiple frames, placed on their side, with bags; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 5,180,126, entitled, “Leaf caddy,” by named inventor Bennett, teaches another variation on a bag frame; and U.S. Utility Pat. No. 4,846,427, entitled, “Lawn and leaf bag frame,” by named inventor Jones, teaches a bag insert that mates with a frame.
- The prior art has many examples of marrying a frame with a pole, to enable the user to rake the leaves into an open bag. For example, U.S. Utility Pat. No. 7,708,236, entitled, “Method and apparatus for collecting yard debris,” by named inventor Romero, teaches a variation of a triangular frame on a pole for raking leaves into bag; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 7,374,135, entitled, “Method and apparatus for collecting yard debris,” by named inventor Romero, teaches a variation of a triangular frame on a pole for raking leaves into bag; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 6,520,554, entitled, “Yard sweepings collection device,” by named inventor Ditzik, teaches a variation of a triangular frame on a pole for raking leaves into bag; and U.S. Utility Pat. No. 3,942,832, entitled, “Leaf collector,” by named inventor Haas, teaches a variation of a triangular frame on a pole for raking leaves into bag. Although an improvement over traditional methods of raking leaves, these solutions still seem to be ergonomically imperfect, still requiring a lot of stooping and sustained holding.
- There is substantial prior art in which the inventor uses a chute or ramp to route the leaves and yard debris into a bag. For example, U.S. Utility Pat. No. 5,000,406, entitled, “Apparatus for catching leaves or other debris,” by named inventor Petersen, teaches a truncated parallelepiped chute with bag retainer and handle; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 4,971,274, entitled, “Combination holder for disposable leaf and rubbage bags and yard tool,” by named inventor Mitchell, teaches a dustpan-like leaf chute with bag opening; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 4,723,803, entitled, “Leaf bagging device,” by named inventor Sapp, teaches a dust-pan like handle with bag and angled chute; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 4,572,559, entitled, “Scoop for gathering leaves, grass, debris and the like,” by named inventor Gainley, teaches a chute-shaped scoop that captures leaves; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 7,815,153, entitled, “Leaf catcher,” by named inventors Campbell, et. al., teaches a leaf collector that lays on the ground and has several projections that create a wide chute; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 6,983,965, entitled, “Leaf collecting system,” by named inventor Bergell, teaches a chute to be placed in over-turned trash can; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 6,708,742, entitled, “Leaf and debris chute,” by named inventors Weathers, et. al., teaches a chute with a bag retainer feature; U.S. Utility Pat. No. 5,915,768, entitled, “Yard waste bagging means,” by named inventor Young, teaches a chute that fits into turned-over trash-can like receptacle. There are many other sources of prior art which teach or disclose the use of a ramp or chute in order to collect leaves, but any further recitation would be merely cumulative.
- Although substantial prior art exists to help bag leaves and other yard waste, none of the prior art significantly reduces or eliminates the stooping or lifting that ultimately leads to back pain. The market is still searching for a suitable solution, as evidenced by the fact that, although there have been many inventions in the public domain for decades, none of them seem to have acquired any significant market traction. The ideal tool will collect yard waste without requiring the user to bend, stoop, or lift. In order to be attractive to the market, such a solution also needs to be economical and lightweight.
- This summary is intended to disclose the present invention, a yard waste collection device. The embodiments and descriptions are used to illustrate the invention and its utility, and are not intended to limit the invention or its use.
- The present invention relates to hand implements used to perform landscaping, such as the collection of leaves and other lightweight, ground-based debris. The present invention is a hand implement that allows the user to easily rake yard debris into a bag. In its primary embodiment, the present invention has an integral body and a handle.
- The integral body has a planar surface that rests on the ground when in use. The planar surface has one open, free edge that is wider than a typical 24″ yard rake. The free edge is beveled, in order to help with raking or sweeping debris onto the planar surface. The free edge has two defined end points. A continuous side surface, integral with the planar surface, extends vertically upward from the planar surface, from one endpoint of the free edge to the other endpoint of the free edge. The continuous side surface has at least one opening, opposed to the free edge. The at least one opening has two sides: a side facing the planar surface, and a side disposed away from the planar surface. On the side of the opening disposed away from the planar surface is a rim, surrounding the opening. The rim has a clamping or capturing means for attaching a yard-waste or trash bag to the rim.
- In the primary embodiment, the continuous side surface forms a slightly obtuse angle with respect to the planar surface. In an alternative embodiment, the continuous side surface forms an acute angle with respect to the planar surface. In an alternative embodiment, the continuous side surface is largely orthogonal to the planar surface. In an alternative embodiment, part of the continuous side surface is obtuse with respect to the planar surface, and the rest of the continuous side surface is orthogonal to the planar surface. The continuous side surface may have more than one discernable regions, all of which are continuously connected, produced by inflecting the surface. The discernable regions of the continuous side surface in proximity with the free edge end points may be triangular, rectangular, parallelepiped, or irregular. A fillet may provide a transition from the planar surface to the continuous side surface. One or more fillets may provide transition between discernable regions of the continuous side surface.
- The opening in the continuous side surface can be any shape: circular, square, rectangular, parallelepiped, or irregular. The rim can be any shape: cylindrical, square, rectangular, polyhedral, or irregular. Typically, the shape of the rim will be complementary to the shape of the opening. In other words, a circular opening would be mated with a cylindrical rim. This is not a requirement. In the primary embodiment, the opening is circular and the rim is cylindrical. In an alternative embodiment, the opening is semi-circular, and the interior surface of the opening is semi-cylindrical, with the opening and the surface oriented so that the flat edge and flat surface, respectively, are parallel and flush with the planar surface. The rim may be either truncated or pronounced. A pronounced cylindrical rim, for example, would create a feed tube into the collection bag.
- The present invention includes a clamping or capturing means, to secure a collection bag to the side of the rim disposed away from the flat planar surface. Clamping can be provided by spring-clamps, a retaining ring, or spring-steel retaining clips. The spring-clamps may be captive on the external rim of the integral body, or they may be loose spring clamps.
- The present invention has a handle. In an alternative embodiment, the handle telescopes, to allow a person to use the present invention without bending over. In another alternative embodiment, a captive handle can be integrally molded into the integral body.
- The integral body is constructed from a stiff, lightweight, environmentally durable material such as poly(methyl-methacrylate) (“PMMA” or tradenames Plexiglass or Lucite®), polycarbonate (“PC” or tradename Lexan®), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (“ABS”), polypropylene (“PP”), high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”), low-density polyethylene (“LDPE”), steel, zinc, or aluminum. In one embodiment, the integral body is molded as a single piece out of a polymer: PMMA, PC, ABS, PP, HDPE, or LDPE. Common methods to adjust the material properties of molded plastic can be used, such as adding glass beads, flue ash, foaming, or gas injection.
- The user rakes leaves into the integral body, by raking them past the beveled free edge and onto the planar surface. The leaves and yard waste will then pass through the opening and into the collection bag because (1) further leaves and debris raked onto the planar surface will displace them, forcing them through the opening and into the collection bag; (2) the user will push the leaves and debris through the opening with the rake or other hand held implement; or (3) the user will raise the free edge above the opening and collection bag, allowing gravity to pull the leaves into the collection bag.
- The present invention is illustrated with 21 drawings on 16 sheets.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 2 is a reverse isometric view of an embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 3 is a side view of an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a standard embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 5 is a reverse isometric view of a standard embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 6 is a side view of a standard embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 7 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 8 is a reverse isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention.FIG. 9 is a side view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 10 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached.FIG. 11 is a reverse isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached.FIG. 12 is a side view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached. -
FIG. 13 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached.FIG. 14 is a reverse isometric view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached.FIG. 15 is a side view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention with a leaf bag attached. -
FIG. 16 is an in situ view showing the relative size of the invention to a user. -
FIG. 17 is an isometric view of a clamping means for the present invention.FIG. 18 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of a clamping means for the present invention.FIG. 19 is an isometric view of the same alternative embodiment of the clamping means for the present invention as shown inFIG. 18 , with the retaining hoop articulated.FIG. 20 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of a clamping means for the present invention.FIG. 21 is an isometric view of an alternative embodiment of a clamping means for the present invention. - The following descriptions are not meant to limit the invention, but rather to add to the summary of invention, and illustrate the present invention, by offering and illustrating various embodiments of the present invention, a yard waste collection device.
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FIGS. 4-7 show a standard embodiment of thepresent invention 111, a yard waste collection device. Thepresent invention 111 has anintegral body 150, fabricated from poly(methyl-methacrylate) (“PMMA” or tradenames Plexiglass or Lucite®), polycarbonate (“PC” or tradename Lexan®), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (“ABS”), polypropylene (“PP”), high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”), low-density polyethylene (“LDPE”), steel, zinc, or aluminum. In one embodiment, theintegral body 150 is molded as a single piece out of a polymer: PMMA, PC, ABS, PP, HDPE, or LDPE. - The
integral body 150 has several discernible features. The integral body has aplanar surface 112 connected to acontinuous side surface planar surface 112 and thecontinuous side surface present invention 111. The angle between theplanar surface 112 and thecontinuous side surface planar surface 112 has aninterior surface 112 and anexterior surface 129. Thecontinuous side surface interior side surface exterior side surface planar surface 112 has at least onefree edge 114. Thefree edge 114 has twoend points beveled surface 113 transitions between theplanar surface 112 and thefree edge 114. Aninterior edge planar surface 112 and the interiorcontinuous side surface exterior edge planar surface 129 and the exteriorcontinuous side surface interior edge exterior edge continuous side surface top edge - A
cylindrical opening 118 is centered on thecontinuous side surface cylindrical opening 118 has aninterior opening 118 and anexterior opening 148, connected by an interiorcylindrical surface 124. Aninterior edge 119 defines the transition between the interiorcontinuous side surface opening 118, and the interior surface of theopening 124. Theopening 148 has an exterior surface, orrim 125. Therim 125 has anedge 126. Theinterior surface 124 of theopening cylindrical segment 122, disposed on the relative top of theintegral body 150. - The
present invention 111 has ahandle 123 attached to theintegral body 150 by ahandle shank 127. Thehandle shank 127 is attached to the verticalcylindrical segment 122, and can be integrally molded into the integral body. -
FIGS. 1-3 show an alternative embodiment of thepresent invention 11, a yard waste collection device with anintegral body 50. Theintegral body 50 has several discernible features. The integral body has aplanar surface 12 connected to acontinuous side surface regions region 17 is roughly rectangular. Theplanar surface 12 has aninterior surface 12 and anexterior surface 29. Thecontinuous side surface interior side surface exterior side surface planar surface 12 has at least onefree edge 14. Thefree edge 14 has twoend points beveled surface 13 transitions between theplanar surface 12 and thefree edge 14. Aninterior edge planar surface 12 and the interiorcontinuous side surface exterior edge planar surface 29 and the exteriorcontinuous side surface top edge top surface 22. - A
cylindrical opening 18 is centered on the roughly rectangular region of thecontinuous side surface 17. Thecylindrical opening 18 has aninterior opening 18 and anexterior opening 48, connected by an interiorcylindrical surface 24. Aninterior edge 19 provides the transition between the roughly rectangular region of the interiorcontinuous side surface 17, theopening 18, and the interior surface of theopening 24. Theopening 48 has an exterior surface, orrim 25. Therim 25 has anedge 26. - The
present invention 11 has ahandle 23 attached to theintegral body 50 by ahandle shank 27. The handle shank is attached to thetop surface 22 of the roughly rectangular region of the continuous side surfaces 17. -
FIGS. 7-15 show three additional alternative embodiments of thepresent invention integral body planar surface continuous side surface FIGS. 7-15 , the continuous side surface has two discernible regions, 215, 238, 315, 338, 415, 438. The discernible regions of thecontinuous side surface planar surface interior surface exterior surface continuous side surface continuous side surface continuous side surface planar surface free edge free edge end points beveled surface planar surface free edge interior edge planar surface continuous side surface exterior edge planar surface continuous side surface top edge - A
cylindrical opening continuous side surface cylindrical opening interior opening exterior opening cylindrical surface interior edge continuous side surface opening opening opening rim extended cylinder 325 can either be parallel to theplanar surface 312, or theextended cylinder 425 can be angled with respect to theplanar surface 412. Therim 225 has anedge 226. Therim ring leaf bag interior surface opening cylindrical segment integral body - The
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FIG. 16 shows an embodiment of thepresent invention 311 being used, in situ, by aperson 600. Astandard leaf bag 370 is attached to thepresent invention 311 with aretainer ring 360. Thehandle shank 327 is adjusted with atelescoping feature 339 so that thegrasp hand 323 is at the proper height for theperson 600 to grasp it with theirhand 601. With reference toFIGS. 13-15 , by angling thecylindrical rim 425 with respect to theplanar surface 412, aperson 600 can more easily use gravity to dump leaves by tilting the invention. - A
standard leaf bag present invention rim FIGS. 17-20 show several embodiments of a clamping means.FIG. 17 shows a plurality of retainingclips 610 attached to an extendedcylindrical rim 325. The retaining clips 610 are made with spring steel, and capture alaw bag -
FIGS. 18 and 19 show a hingedretainer ring 620 connected to thecylindrical rim 325. The retainer ring has a tighteningscrew 622, ahinge 621, and the ring, itself, 620. Theretainer ring 620 captureslaw bags FIG. 20 is a variation on theretainer ring 630, in which there is no hinge. Theretainer ring 630 separates from thecylindrical rim 325. Theretainer ring 630 captureslaw bags screw 631. -
FIG. 21 shows standard spring clamps 640 durably attached to thecylindrical rim 325. The spring clamps 640hold law bags handle 641.
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1. A yard waste collection device comprising,
a planar surface with at least one free edge, wherein the free edge can be defined by a planar curve connecting two end points;
a continuous side surface, extending vertically from the planar surface, from end-point to end-point, sharing at least one edge in common with the planar surface and encompassing the entire edge of the planar surface, with the exception of the free edge;
wherein the vertical continuous side surface and planar surface both have an interior side and an exterior side;
an opening in the continuous side surface, extending from the interior side to the exterior side;
a rim, defining the exterior side of the opening;
a handle;
a clamping means;
wherein the clamping means, located on the exterior of the rim, is capable of capturing a bag in which to collect yard waste.
2. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the continuous side surface, planar surface, and rim comprise an integral body.
3. The yard waste collection device of claim 2 , wherein the integral body further comprises an integrally molded handle shank.
4. The yard waste collection device of claim 2 , wherein the integral body is fabricated from at least one of steel, zinc, or aluminum.
5. The yard waste collection device of claim 2 , wherein the integral body is molded from at least one of poly(methyl-methacrylate) (“PMMA”), polycarbonate (“PC”), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (“ABS”), polypropylene (“PP”), high-density polyethylene (“HDPE”), and low-density polyethylene (“LDPE”).
6. The yard waste collection device of claim 5 , wherein the integral body is fabricated in a gas-injection mold.
7. The yard waste collection device of claim 5 , wherein the raw material is augmented with at least one of glass beads, flue ash, or re-grind material.
8. The yard waste collection device of claim 5 , wherein a gaseous substance is introduced into the mold in order to foam the interior of the integral body, creating small air pockets within the material, wherein all of the exposed surfaces of the integral body are smooth.
9. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the linear length of the free edge of the planar surface, between the two end points, is at least 24 inches.
10. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the largest dimension of the opening in the continuous side surface is 18 inches.
11. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the opening on the interior side is semi-circular, and at least part of the opening's interior surface is semi-cylindrical, wherein the straight edge of the semi-circle and the flat surface of the semi-cylinder are co-planar to and parallel with the planar surface.
12. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the opening is centered about the length of the continuous side surface, when the length of the continuous side surface is measured, at a constant elevation, from end-point to end-point, along the entire continuous side surface.
13. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the rim defining the exterior side of the opening is cylindrical.
14. The yard waste collection device of claim 13 , wherein the cylindrical rim is extended in length, so that the length of the cylindrical rim is at least equal to the radius of the opening.
15. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the free edge is a line.
16. The yard waste collection device of claim 15 , wherein the planar surface, in proximity to the free edge, is beveled.
17. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the continuous side surface is composed of at least two discernible sections.
18. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the continuous side surface is composed of at least three discernible sections.
19. The yard waste collection device of claim 17 or 18 , wherein at least a portion of the continuous side surface is substantially triangular.
20. The yard waste collection device of claim 17 or 18 , wherein at least a portion of the continuous side surface is substantially rectangular.
21. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the interior of the continuous side surface is substantially orthogonal to the interior of the planar surface.
22. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the interior of the continuous side surface is obtuse with respect to the interior of the planar surface.
23. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the length of the handle can be adjusted through the use of telescoping tubes.
24. The yard waste collection device of claim 23 , wherein the relative position of the telescoping tubes are held in place by a pin.
25. The yard waste collection device of claim 24 , wherein the pin is spring-loaded.
26. The yard waste collection device of claim 23 , wherein the cross-section of the telescoping tubes is a circle.
27. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the clamping means is a plurality of retaining clips, made from spring steel, durably attached to the exterior of the rim.
28. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the clamping means is a retaining ring.
29. The yard waste collection device of claim 28 , wherein the retaining ring is durably attached to the rim with a hinge.
30. The yard waste collection device of claim 29 , wherein the retaining ring is tightened with a screw.
31. The yard waste collection device of claim 1 , wherein the clamping means is a plurality of spring clamps.
32. The yard waste collection device of claim 31 , wherein the plurality of spring clamps is permanently and durably attached to the exterior surface of the rim.
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