Auxiliary handle for long-handled implements

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure, An auxiliary handle for long-handled implements such as shovels, rakes, mops, brooms, snow shovels and, the like and enabling the user to obtain extra leverage without excessively straining himself, is disclosed. The auxiliary handle includes a triangular frame having a pair of rods constituting the legs of the triangle and diverging from closely juxtaposed first ends to relatively widely spaced second ends, and a transverse member pivotally connected to the rods at their second ends to constitute the base of the triangle and having medial means for releasably clamping it to the main handle of such an implement. A hand grip is fixedly secured to the auxiliary …