Looking a bit like a mop with the tip of a scoop this tool has a folding cage that holds the bag open and a small thin "ramp" that leads the leaves you sweep into the bag. You don't have to pick it up and put the leaves in the bag, they're already there.
-- pashute, May 10 2018

I like the idea of not having to hold open the leaf bag by hand, but I can't picture how this works.

Presumably there are either rake-teeth or brush-bristles or a dustpan lip to provide impetus to the leaves. But are these mobile or stationary in relation to this ramp you speak of?
-- pertinax, May 10 2018


OK, so this is basically a tool for converting an ordinary bin- bag into a sort of butterfly net with which to scoop up leaves?
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 10 2018


Ian's down to his last tea-strainer. This is serious.
-- hippo, May 10 2018


You're assuming he needs it for making tea. He failed to explain how he broke it.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 10 2018


Under breaking strain, presumably.
-- pertinax, May 10 2018


How might one strain after a new strain of tea?
-- pertinax, May 10 2018


Dry leaves burn acceptably well.

Presumably the motive for collecting the leaves is so that they can be dried thoroughly prior to burning ?
-- 8th of 7, May 10 2018


So is the whole thing flat on one side, Like a half-round garbage can with the bottom cut out, and a ramp lip on the flat side to facilitate sweeping into?
-- nomocrow, May 11 2018


Thasnk you, [nomocrow]; that makes it much clearer.
-- pertinax, May 11 2018


// OK, so this is basically a tool for converting an ordinary bin- bag into a sort of butterfly net with which to scoop up leaves? //

More like a dustpan, I think.
-- notexactly, May 11 2018



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