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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5390746 | Side chop hoe A shuffle hoe with a horizontal blade which is designed for chopping the earth with the blade sides as well as weeding with a forward and backward motion with equal efficiency and control. The simple design comprises a diamond shaped blade mounted on a st... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5372205 | Furrow covering hoe for one handed operation A hand held garden implement (FIG. 1) for refilling a furrow, requiring only one hand for operation, and allowing the operator to stand and walk fully erect. A handle (11) is attached into a receptacle (12) on a cover plate (13) which is connected to an i... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5370191 | Semi-automatic, adjustable picking and weeding implement A semi-automatic, adjustable picking and weeding implement comprises a stationary prong and an adjustable prong with which a horizontal handle, a stop pad, a spring, two horizontal, partly-threaded shafts, two stop pegs and four nuts are associated so tha... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5360071 | Gardening tool having diverging prongs and straight prongs A gardening tool for digging around weeds, vegetables, bushes, etc., and in particular, a gardening tool having a handle, two laterally mounted straight prongs extending parallel to one another, and a medially mounted pair of diverging prongs which extend... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5350021 | Crevice cleaning implement for pavement and the like An implement for cleaning spaces between adjacent slabs of paving materials, the implement including a pilot member proportioned to fit into the spaces between the adjacent slabs of paving materials, a pair of flange members forming a V-shape having an ap... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5322130 | Golf ball mark repair tool A ball repair tool has a plurality of fingers which extend first vertically into the surface of the green. After extending into the green vertically a specified distance, the plurality of fingers are forced conically inward to force both dirt and grass in... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5310231 | Shovel depth determiner An improvement to a shovel used while grading or cleaning out the area adjacent to a previously constructed surface such as a curb and gutter adjacent to a road bed comprising a guide for fixing the depth the shovel blade can penetrate the soil, aggregate... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5109930 | Earth splitter An earth splitting tool comprised of a central shaft, a handle bar, a foot pressure bar and a wedge-shaped blade is disclosed. The blade has two primary trapezoid-shaped faces, two triangular side faces and a rectangular butt face. One primary face in the... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5097909 | Garden trowel tool kit An arcuate "L" shaped handle is selectively mounted to a plurality of planar blade members to define a narrow longitudinal profile defined by the handle and blade organization. A forward terminal end of the handle includes a diametrically projecting faste... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5060997 | Weed removing device A weed removing device with a shaft having a handle end and blade end. A T-shaped handle is configured on the handle end at a sufficient distance away from the blade end to provide leverage in pushing, pulling and rotating the device. A blade is located a... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5040614 | Self-operated edging tool An edging tool includes a sleeve unit in which a weight bar is slidably received and on which a blade is mounted. The weight bar is drawn back to a cocked position by hand, and when released, impacts an impact block mounted on the sleeve unit and which is... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5014792 | Garden glove tool A garden tool configured as a glove includes a rigid "J" shaped body terminating in a continuous forward edge spaced from an entrance opening, wherein the entrance opening includes a flexible surrounding skirt mounted to the rigid opening. The interior su... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4998726 | Accessory for golfers A light-weight, integrated, self-contained golf premium device to aid a golfer during a golf game comprising a generally rectangular two-piece case having a circular rotatable stroke counter, a retractable cleaning tool, a ball marker retainer and ball ma... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4930933 | Hand tool, especially a gardening, farm, cleaning, or like implement An attaching socket of a working implement fits a tool shaft and has an exterior clamping device with a clamping piece, which with the clamping device in a closed condition engages in the tool shaft through an opening in a wall of the attaching socket. Th... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4890679 | Garden hoes for hoeing, sickleing, chipping, and cutting A one-piece tool for performing controlled and exacting cuts for the removal of weeds 26 not susceptible to the strike of a horizontal hoe blade 24, as well as small limbs from trees and bushes, these by striking downward, the former by an oblique upward ... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4886125 | Accurate lightweight manual lawn and garden weed chipper An improved accurate lightweight manual tool to cut suburban lawn and garden weeds efficiently and with little time and effort expended. It is like a miniature hoe half a man's height in length with a very thin very narrow blade, in length four to five ti... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4832132 | Hand weeder A manually operated weeder tool is disclosed. The tool has a weed engaging portion with a prong centered on the weed engaging portion. In a preferred form the weed engaging end has a forked tip and a prong extends between the tips of the fork end. The pro... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4819736 | Weed removal tool A tool for removing roots and plants from the earth while only minimally disturbing the surrounding area. The tool includes a first, proximal end for attachment to a device for rotating the tool and a second end including a three-tined head. One tine or p... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4515223 | Hand operated weeding device with operating depth stabilizer plate and weed displacer strip A hand operated weeding device. The device is used in weeding such places as flower beds and vegetable gardens. It comprises a weed displacing structure composed of sections which have multiple functions. One section, when operated under the surface of th... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4351395 | Lawn edger and trimmer A one-piece sidewalk edger and lawn trimmer is disclosed. The one-piece edger-trimmer may be attached to a hoe by removable clamping means. The combined edger-trimmer-hoe allows control of the depth of the groove which is made in the ground during the ope... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4319642 | Weed and grass removing tool A hand tool for grooming outdoor terraces, comprising a weed hook and associated handle together with gauge structure limiting the depth to which the hook may penetrate. It is used primarily for removing grass, weeds or other debris from cracks or grooves... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4286893 | Handle attaching means for rakes and the like A handle attachment for implements such as rakes and hoes which includes a cylindrical portion adapted to be clamped tightly about the end of the handle and a tapered extension extending from one end of the cylindrical portion and away from the handle for... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4246970 | Tiller with automatically adjusted angle of attack The invention relates to a hand device for tilling the earth comprising a flat blade sharpened on all edges which is mounted on a side of a resilient, preferably trapezoidal shaped, frame, with the opposite side of the frame being mounted upon an elongate... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4191261 | Hand operated tool with central opening in upper portion A hand, utility tool for general hoeing and cultivating purposes but being particularly adapted for the making of furrows for planting of seeds. The tool is capable of quickly and efficiently producing seed furrows by virtue of the unique design of the de... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4177864 | Garden crook A gardening tool with a long handle, having a small flat planar portion disposed at approximately right angles to the handle and connected to the handle by a semi-circular rectangular rod portion. A straight portion is formed, extending from the partial c... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4173835 | Snow removal tool A hand tool useful for shifting snow or other flake or granular material is disclosed. The device resembles a conventional metal rake with a blade attached to the ends of the tines. Alternating tines or strips are deflected in opposite directions and are ... | 11/13/1979 |
| 4164984 | Garden implement A garden implement including an elongate, manually engageable handle and a working head at one end of the handle; the head is Z-shaped and has straight laterally spaced parallel cutting blades, a straight central member extending diagonally between opposi... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4090298 | Golf tee awl A golf tee awl for making holes in the ground to make it easier to insert golf tees. The awl has a circular knob-shaped handle with a sharpened shank or spike protruding therefrom and a protective sheath which covers the sharpened shank when the awl is no... | 05/23/1978 |
| 4037668 | Gardening implement with offcenter balancing weight A gardening implement used to hoe the earth, having a narrow blade portion substantially perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the handle. The handle supports an asymetrically proportioned weight secured selectively along two opposed longitudinal notches ... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4010958 | Golf putter A golf putter in which mass is disposed at the corners of the club head to increase the effective hitting area of the face of the club head. The effective hitting area is not only increased in the longitudinal or horizontal direction of the face of the cl... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4002207 | Earthworking tool with handle having triangularly arranged sides A hand tool used to manage and cultivate soil in confined areas, as planters and pots, for growing plants. The tool has an elongated handle having an end integral with an earthworking implement. The handle has triangularly related linear sides which taper... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3981043 | Slidable tool grip A hand grip is slidably disposed on the handle of a tool, of the type normally requiring the use of two hands such as an ax, broom or shovel, for grasping by one of the hands of the user, and for movement between a stop disposed proximate the free end of ... | 09/21/1976 |
| 3942591 | Agricultural implement A multi-purpose agricultural implement usable in one position for cutting roots of weeds just below the surface of the ground and simultaneously therewith pulverizing the upper crust of the earth; usable in a second position for cutting a furrow of any de... | 03/09/1976 |
