Ice chipper

Abstract

There is provided an improved device for chipping ice for use in the sport of ice fishing or elsewhere. The device is comprised of a cutting member comprising two spikes defining a semi-rectangular inner area, and a handle attached to the cutting member. This configuration allows the user to create a hole for ice fishing quickly and easily while minimizing ice jamming within the device.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:  
     
         1 . A device for chipping ice comprising: 
 a body portion, said body portion having upper and lower edges and a plurality of downwardly extending spikes defining a semi-rectangular cavity, each of said spikes possessing an inner and an outer lateral edge and terminating in a generally “v-shaped” cutting edge.    
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said outer lateral edges of each of said spikes possess a slope of about 200 to about 40° degrees from said body portion towards said cutting edges.  
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said outer lateral edges of each of said spikes possess a slope of about 30° degrees from said body portion towards said cutting edges.  
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said body portion possesses a slope of about 15° to about 20° from said upper edge to said lower edge.  
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said body portion possesses a slope of about 18° from said upper edge to said lower edge.  
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said inner lateral edges of said spikes meet said lower edge of said body portion at an angle of substantially 90°.  
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein said inner lateral edges of said spikes possess a slope of about 7° commencing at a point proximate to said cutting edges and terminating at said cutting edges.  
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said body portion has two (2) downwardly extending spikes.  
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1  and further comprising a handle fixedly attached to said body portion.  
     
     
         10 . The device of  claim 9  and further comprising a transverse bore at an end of the handle opposite the point of attachment to said body portion to facilitate attachment of a rope thereto.  
     
     
         11 . A device for chipping ice comprising: 
 a body portion, said body portion having upper and lower edges, and being sloped at about 18° from said upper edge to said lower edge;    a plurality of downwardly extending spikes defining a semi-rectangular cavity, each of said spikes possessing an inner and an outer lateral edge and terminating in a generally “v-shaped” cutting edge, said outer lateral edges of each of said spikes possessing a slope of about 30° from said body portion towards said cutting edges, said inner lateral edges forming an angle of about 90° at a point where said inner lateral edges meet said bottom edge of said body portion, said    inner lateral edges being substantially straight, but possessing a slope of about 7° from a point proximate to said cutting edges and terminating at said cutting edges;    a handle fixedly attached to said body portion; and    a transverse bore at an end of the handle opposite the point of attachment to said body portion to facilitate attachment of a rope thereto.