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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103640 | Weed Stomping Tool The invention is a method and apparatus for weed elimination using a manually operable weed stomping tool that is comprised of a handle, an elongated shaft, a footrest, and a weed stomping bit that has a cutting edge. When the weed stomping bit is positioned on the grou... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110290512 | PRECISION GARDEN HOE A precision garden hoe includes a blade having a curved upper edge, a curved lower edge, pointed tips at the sides where the edges meet, and front and rear surfaces; a handle adapted to be held by a user; and a shaft having a front end attached to the rear surface of th... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110265353 | Plow shovel A plow shovel configured to create a path in snow by pushing the snow along a surface without lifting the snow. The plow shovel has a handle attached to a scoop having a first side and a second side. The scoop has a multi-sided plow component configured to part snow and... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110220374 | BLADED TOOL The present disclosure is to a handled, bladed tool having a plurality of straight edges and at least four vertices formed by straight edges configured to perform various tasks. The tool comprises an angular configuration of the handle and the plane of the bladed tool f... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110061883 | SHORT-HANDLED, ERGONOMIC GARDEN TOOLS Handles allow hand tools, implements or other utensils to operate within their arc of natural use, motion and attack without requiring extension, flexion, radial deviation, or ulnar deviation of the wrist from the neutral plane of the forearm. The preferred embodiments ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110061882 | Planting tool A device for making holes in the ground for easy insertion and planting of garden plants which are rooted in small containers. The tool has a least one frustro-conical or frustro-pyramidal shaped projection forming a cone extending down projecting downward from a base o... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100319943 | GARDEN TOOL A hand held tool for gardens, landscapes and the like; comprising a handle, and a tool head. The tool head is formed from a flat blade that has tapers and is bent in substantially a “J” shape that is beveled along a portion of its edges. The open end of the “J” ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100206590 | LONG HANDLED GARDENING TOOL A gardening and landscaping tool may include a handle attached to a blade, with the blade being bent at an angle relative to the handle. The tool may be useful for removing weeds, unwanted grass, plants, and the like. The tool may use a pushing/sliding force to slide th... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100116184 | Submerged Substrate Plug Cutter and Related Method A device for use in cutting plugs of submerged substrate and particularly seagrass plugs for the purpose of transplanting using a corresponding transport receptacle and method. The device utilizes a hollow cutting member with a serrated bottom edge capable of being plac... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100018730 | Optimized scuffle hoe, multi-purpose garden tool The tool is an optimized scuffle hoe that maximizes the efforts of the user in forward and backward motion, and that provides the functions of multiple garden tools, all-in-one. The tool comprises a V-shaped head portion having an open interior with blades that are shar... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090194300 | Brush Grubber In some embodiments a brush grubber may include one or more of the following features: (a) an elongated frame, (b) an operator's station located at an end of the elongated frame, (c) scissor gear located at an opposite end of the elongated frame, (d) an actuation lever ... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090084564 | Ergonomic Trenching Chunker Apparatus for digging a trench in the soil for the purpose of installing underground infrastructure such as underground communication cable, underground sprinkler hoses, invisible underground dog fences, etc. The apparatus, termed a “chunker” is designed ergonomical... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080257575 | IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING WEEDS FROM PAVIOURS JOINTS An implement for use in removing weeds, moss or other matter from the joints between paviours (P), comprises an elongate handle carrying a blade (12), the blade extending along an axis at an angle of 25° to 65° to the axis of the handle and being formed with an... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20070187121 | Drum brake implement An implement including a first tool having a first tool end in the form of a pig tail. The first tool includes an inwardly extending tab. A second tool is adjacent the first tool and has a second tool end adapted to receive a pin and includes a curved finger carried by ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070187120 | Gardening tool A gardening tool has a handle, a spine, a neck and a too head. The handle has an open slot defined longitudinally through the handle. The spine is mounted in and fully extends through the open slot in the handle. The neck is welded securely to the spine. The tool head i... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070102170 | Crimp Hub for Anastomosis Device The needs described above are in large part addressed by the crimp hub for an anastomosis device, or tissue approximating device, of the present invention. The tissue approximating device generally includes the components of a plurality of tissue engaging tines, an actu... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070102169 | Auger planter An auger planter for forming small holes in the earth for the planting of flower bulbs, plant seedlings and plants, and for the insertion of termite monitors and baits. The auger includes a central shaft and a single helical flighting having its leading edge configured ... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070028582 | Manual spiral grader A hand-held manual tool used to even out or level the ground, similar to a rake. A rake, even handled with care, leaves tracks on the ground such as grooves, undulations, edges, etc. This contraption is a manual and light spiral formed tool, which allows leveling and ev... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060289178 | Weed puller An apparatus for pulling weeds has a body and a reciprocating element able to move upwards or downwards relative to the body. A first blade is attached to or integral with the lower end of the body. A retainer attached to the body holds an intermediate portion of a seco... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060185862 | Manual trench tool Apparatus for providing a six-inch deep trench in a lawn surface, for the primary purpose of installing irrigation pipe for sprinkler systems A trenching tool which includes a lower portion having two heavy steel blades and a hinge mechanism. The steel impact blades are... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060162629 | Combination seed planter and garden tool A garden tool for planting seeds, comprising an elongate hollow cylinder through which a seed passes, a hopper attached to the first end of the cylinder through which the seed is dropped, an adjustable collar attached to the second end of the cylinder for measuring plan... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060124325 | Implement for removing weeds from paviours joints An implement for use in removing weeds, moss or other matter from the joints between parviours (P), comprises an elongate handle carrying a blade (12), the blade extending along an axis at an angle of 25° to 65° to the axis of the handle and being formed with a... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060108129 | Hole Coring Apparatus An earth hole coring apparatus and method includes an open receptacle with a surrounding sidewall about an axis, with first and second open ends transverse to the axis defining a receptacle interior, and a first open end perimeter less than a second open end perimeter. ... | 05/25/2006 |
| 20060096765 | Continuously variable multi-surface elephant ear hoe A hoe has a head of a shape in which the radius of curvature of the periphery of that head varies essentially continually throughout the full 360 degrees of that periphery, and has a sharpened edge that likewise extends throughout that full 360 degrees. The head is atta... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060090911 | Fertilizer stake boring tool and method A tool and method for implanting fertilizer stakes. The tool includes a hardened-metal spike that is approximately the size of as a conventional fertilizer stake. The spike is provided with a chiseled-shaped point at its distal end. The proximate end of the spike is wel... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060070755 | Invisible trencher The Invisible Trencher is a single unit tool made of solid steel having a thin square blade welded to the bottom of a hollow or concrete filled metal cylinder with an insulated grip over a handle made of hollow steel welded to the top of the unit. The Invisible Trencher... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20050241838 | Ergonomic hand tool An ergonomic hand tool for enhancing the leverage available to a user includes a frame having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and a working element operably coupled to a distal end of the distal portion. The frame further includes a handle that is pivotally cou... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050194157 | Ergonomic hand tool An ergonomic hand tool for enhancing the leverage available to a user includes a frame having a distal portion and a proximal portion, and a working element operably coupled to a distal end of the distal portion. The frame further includes a handle that is pivotally cou... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050194158 | Gardening tool A multi-functional gardening tool comprises a handle (4) with a handgrip (5) on a first outer end and a working member (1,2,3) on a second outer end. The working member comprises a first blade-like part (2) with which it is connected to the s... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050167127 | Gutter scoop A gutter scoop includes a first “U” shaped scoop with a rearwardly extending elongate handle. The scoop is open at the front and closed at a rear portion thereof. A lower surface of the handle when invented defines a second smaller “U” shaped scoop. This second ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050056436 | Golfroller II in I A golf course sand smoothing and ball retrieving apparatus includes a cylinder having two spaced apart cylinder end portions interconnected by an interconnection structure including several longitudinally extending interconnection members spaced apart from each other to... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050056437 | Pick A pick comprises a handle and a pick head coupled to the handle at an acute angle thereto. The pick head has a top, and first and second side edges, which extend away from the top and meet at a bottom point. The pick head includes at least one tab extending from the pic... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050051346 | Reed weed extractor A weed extractor utilizing a cutting head attached to a shaft with a method for removing extracted weeds from the cutting head. Such extractor designed for use with a standard portable hand-held drill. ... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050045349 | Pogo planter The planting tool has an elongated shaft, a T-shaped rubber gripped handlebar attached to the upper end of the shaft, and an earth separating member attached to the lower end of the shaft. The earth separating member is a hollow, triangular body formed by opposing trian... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050006111 | Wedge shaped planting tool and method for using same A method and device for planting that includes inserting a hand held gardening tool, having a wedge portion and a handle portion, into soil to loosen and displace soil by manipulating the tool side to side and back and forth, while at the same time, depositing the displ... | 01/13/2005 |
