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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8336936 | 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 impac... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8061744 | Post hole digger A post hole digger includes a pair of blades that face one another, a pair of shaft handles attached to the blades, and a pivot member that pivotally couples the shaft handles together. A pair of gripping handles are attached to, and are generally perpendicular to, ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7909377 | Lawn and garden debris scoop The lawn scoop is designed to make picking up any type of small, loose debris a cleaner and easier task for the user. In general terms, the device is a scoop type shovel with the addition of a multipurpose hook/guide at the top end of the handle. After raking or swe... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7798545 | Consumer post hole digger This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the lower section of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a trav... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784842 | Hole digging device A hole digging device comprising a shaft having a crossbar perpendicularly attached; a push rod parallel to the shaft; a circular base on the second end of the push rod and a handle on the first end of the push rod, wherein the handle, push rod, and base can altoget... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7726714 | Post hole digger This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the medial portions of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a tr... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7461880 | Post hole digger This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the medial portions of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a tr... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461881 | Consumer post hole digger This invention provides a post hole digger having a first, traverse pivot point, located on the lower section of two handle members, and a second, blade assembly pivot point located at the medial point of the blade assemblies. Because the first pivot point is a trav... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7384084 | Garden tool A device for preparing holes in soil for planting bulbs or small plants includes a pair of mutually opposing members including scoops located along the distal portions thereof. The tool is spring biased to a normally open position for insertion into the soil. To rem... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363755 | Picking rake with dual rake heads and dual rake handles and method of use A household tool for gathering and picking material comprising two rake head and handle units arranged side by side with both rake heads arranged in substantially the same plane for raking. The units are temporarily held in this position by several possible fastener... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360548 | Combination grasping device and walking cane with detachable base Provided herewith is a walking cane device that converts into a tool for grasping items out of the normal reach of an individual. The device comprises two vertical members, pivotably connected to each other. One end of the device is a handle end and the other end is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311344 | Lockable tongs Lockable tongs are provided having a pair of elongate tong members joined at a hinge point for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position for grasping an item, each elongate member defining a U-shaped channel comprising a forward portion and a r... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306274 | Tool with opposed paddles A manually operable tool for grasping solid objects including a scissors assembly at opposed ends of which are a pair of handles, and a pair of opposed paddles such that objects may be received between the paddles whereupon movement of the handles towards each other... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290814 | Post hole digger A post hole digger for producing a hole in the ground comprising a first handle pivotally coupled to a second handle and a first blade coupled to the first handle and a second blade coupled to the second handle. The first handle and the second handle extend along a ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7243419 | Spark plug boot removal tool The present invention involves a spark plug boot removal tool having a handle portion, an extension portion, and a grasping portion. The handle portion includes a spring-loaded trigger. The grasping portion includes a fixed grasping member and a rotatable grasping m... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7191853 | Hole cleaning and/or forming tool A tool for cleaning and/or forming holes, the tool having a shaft, the shaft having a lower end and at least two buckets attached adjacent to the lower end of the shaft, each bucket having an open mouth which extends radially from the axis of the shaft, consequently... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178843 | Litter and refuse retrieval device A litter and refuse retrieval device is provided for sanitarily and single-handedly cleaning up after a pet. The device includes an outer frame having an upper and a lower portion and an inner frame also having an upper and a lower portion. The upper and lower porti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168230 | Apparatus for gathering, picking up and carrying loose materials An apparatus for gathering, picking up and carrying loose materials such as dirt, leaves, debris, trash, hay, ice, snow and other materials or objects consists of two grasping elements which each have shafts with grasping devices or heads at one end, and a coupling ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7117954 | Weed puller A weed puller that comprises a plurality of prongs positioned about an axis, an anvil plate, and a moveable mass adapted to be driven into the anvil plate so as to transmit a force through the anvil plate to the prongs where the force has a substantial component in ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108076 | Weed pulling system A weed pulling system has a pair of similarly configured rods in a cylindrical configuration, a pair of similarly configured gripping heads on the ends of the rods movable toward and away from each other; and a pair of similarly configured replaceable pads having an... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7063168 | Device for removing plants or the like from ground The invention relates to a device for removing plants or the like from the ground. The device comprises an elongated shaft, a ground support pivoted to a first end of the shaft transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis thereof and at least two blades includi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7059421 | Weed extracting device A weed extraction tool is disclosed, comprising an elongated handle, a prong assembly, and a step assembly. The prong assembly includes a rod having a plurality of prongs attached at a lower end thereof and a pivot pin holder near its center. The step assembly compr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6966269 | Multi-purpose garden tool A multi-purpose garden tool (10) including a pair of blade assemblies (20)(20′) wherein, each blade assembly (20) includes a handle portion (21), a shank portion (22) and a contoured blade portion (23) wherein, the ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959768 | Weed plucker A weed puller includes a handle, a pair of tines extending from the bottom of the handle, and a step extending back from the handle. The tines are pushed into the ground near a weed by pressing down (by foot) on the step. The handle is then pulled back. This causes ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6904743 | Leaf rake combo kit A device for combining two rakes to provide a combination raking and picking up apparatus comprises a pair of sleeves pivotally attached to one another. A first rake handle is secured into the first of the connected sleeves. A third sleeve is separately attached to ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6733057 | Apparatus for breaking off cores An Apparatus and method for breaking off cores from a material to be tested includes a tube split by opposing slots, a tightening device for moving confronting ends of a split tube towards each other so that the split tube grasps the core to be broken, and a handle ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6457238 | Eating utensil An eating utensil with a spoon shell fastened to a handle enables handicapped people, who have, e.g., only one usable hand, to reduce in size pieces of food, e.g., meat, by cutting into bite-sized pieces. To achieve this, the spoon shell (1, 31) and the h... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6338512 | Clamp action shovel for single hand operation A shovel apparatus for digging holes has an H-shaped frame providing at one end, a handle integrally joined to the frame, and at the other end, a blade mounting support. A pair of spaced apart shovel blades are pivotally engaged with the blade mounting su... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6336314 | Rake having grasping features A rake having grasping features, the rake including and elongated and tubular rake handle. A main rake head is attached to the handle and an auxiliary rake head is pivotally attached to the main rake head by an auxiliary head hinge. The auxiliary head hin... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6283521 | Support and control device for opening or closing a grip element in two parts A support and control device (11) for opening or closing a grip element (19) in two parts, where the two parts can mutually rotate in order to grip objects, the device (11) comprising a body (12) to which a handle (14) is connected, bearing a control slee... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6273482 | Post hole digger The subject invention provides a post hole digger which facilitates the digging of deep uniform diameters post holes. The post hole digger accomplishes this by crossing the handles to close the shovel blades. This allows the handles to stay within the dia... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6257346 | Stand-up weeder A device for removing weeds from the ground comprises an elongated shaft, a handle mounted to an upper end of the shaft, a pair of blades mounted for opposed pivotal movement at a lower end of the shaft, and a plunger. Each blade has an upper section loca... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6120073 | Device for gathering and lifting leaves A device for gathering and lifting leaves that utilizes a specially designed pair of leaf scoops that are pivotally secured to each other in opposing orientation via their handles. Each of the leaf scoops is provided with a separate pivotal axis that exte... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6089632 | Post hole digger The subject invention provides a post hole digger which facilitates the digging of deep uniform diameter post holes. Th post hole digger accomplishes this by crossing the handles to close the shovel blades. This allows the handles to stay within the diame... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6068315 | Post hole digger A post hole digger having a pair of digging blades which are pivoted with respect to each other, and attached to a pair of handles. The handles have a pair of movable collars which can be moved longitudinally along the handles, and which are pivotally att... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6016876 | Weed extractor A weed extractor is designed with a shaft (100) having a handle end and a distal end. A foot piece (116) has a first end and a second end. The first end is slidely attached to the shaft proximal to the distal end. The foot piece extends laterally from the... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5931517 | WCW trench cleaner A new tool for cleaning out unwanted debris from the bottom of trenches of the type having at the top portion of its two handles (2) rubber sheathing (1) for better gripping. The handles (2) of the tool extend the entire length of the tool. At the bottom ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5857529 | Weed uprooter An apparatus for uprooting weeds comprising a rotatable handle, a base, a rotatable contacting assembly co-axial with the handle, and a co-axial co-directional rotation multiplying assembly linking the handle to the contacting means wherein the rotation o... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5836630 | Posthole digger and cleaning attachment A posthole digger has first and second spaced-apart, substantially upright, pivotably attached handles. First and second cooperating scoops extend from respective proximal ends of the handles. The scoops are moveable between a generally open position for ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5743579 | Digging tool A digging tool of the invention has first and second shovel blades that are aligned in face-to-face orientation and pivotally connected to move clamshell style between open and closed positions. A handle extends from each shovel blade to a grip. When the ... | 04/28/1998 |
