Abstract: A self-cleaning rake including an elongated handle having a rake head frame with spaced tines rigidly secured to one end of the handle. A plate is pivotally mounted on the handle for pivotal movement relative to the rake head frame and tines. The plate is formed with a multiplicity of spaced holes through which the tines extend as the plate is pivotally moved to and from the rake head. The plate has secured thereto a check bolt which has a first lug thereon for contact with the frame to limit the pivotal movement of the plate beyond the face ends of the tines and a second lug pivotally mounted on the check bolt for releasable engagement with the frame to selectively hold the plate in close proximity to said rake head frame to allow use of said tines independent of said plate.