Abstract: 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 members for releasably clamping it to the main handle of such an implement. A hand grip is fixedly secured to the auxiliary handle rods at the apex of the triangular frame, and a rigid cross-brace bar, which may be medially foldable, is swivelly connected at one of its ends to the apex of the frame and is pivotally connected at its other end with members for releasably locking it to the main handle of the implement.

Abstract: A snow shovel having a plate-shaped scoop, a main handle and an adjustable auxiliary handle, arranged so as to enable snow to be shoveled without the user having to bend over, is disclosed. The main handle is a rod rigidly affixed to one end to the scoop and having a first hand grip at th other end. The auxiliary handle includes a pair of rods which diverge from one another in the direction from closely juxtaposed first ends to widely spaced second ends. A second hand grip is secured to the auxiliary handle rods at the first ends thereof, and respective hinges interconnect the auxiliary handle rods at their second ends to the scoop adjacent the top edge thereof. A rigid cross-brace bar, which may be medially foldable, is swivelly connected at one of its ends to the auxiliary handle rods adjacent the juncture thereof with the second hand grip and is releasably locked at its other end to the main handle rod for adjustability to different positions.