US 11,918,041 B2
Handheld scoop for scraping and dispensing plant material into a smoking medium
Andrew Kontura, Brooklyn Heights, OH (US); and Joshua Schmuker, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Andrew Kontura, Brooklyn Heights, OH (US); and Joshua Schmuker, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/073,965.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/079,308, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079219 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 23/04 (2006.01); B25B 33/00 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 23/04 (2013.01) [B25B 33/00 (2013.01); B25G 1/102 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scoop comprising:
a tray comprising a bottom portion having a flat bottom surface and an inclined top surface that distally terminate in a straight beveled edge that has a width that is smaller than a smoking outer wrap, the inclined top surface proximally transitioning to a top portion comprising a transverse channel, the transverse channel having a backstop portion and top panel portion, the transverse channel at least partially open on one lateral end; and
a gripping portion attached to, and extending proximally from, the tray, wherein the gripping portion comprises a rectangular block attached across a width of the tray, the rectangular block comprising opposing transverse grooved recesses on a top surface and a bottom surface, the gripping portion enabling a user to: (i) position the straight beveled edge against a surface for scraping smoking material onto the tray; (ii) upwardly tip the tray to collect the scraped smoking material into the transverse channel; and (iii) to selectively dispense the collected smoking material either through the at least partially open lateral end of the transverse channel or back over the straight beveled edge.