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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347276 | Adjustable garden tool A manual garden tool having an elongate shaft with an actuator rotatably mounted at its lower end, tine(s) mounted to the actuator, and a cam surface at the lower end of the shaft in contact with a surface of each tine such that, as the actuator is rotated between t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7270500 | Method for installing an underground water pipe A method for installing water pipe beneath nonmoving objects with a presence in the earth with a tool for installing water pipe made of a central body, a ring encircling the central body, a tapered end, an anvil end, and a ring. The method further comprises selectin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267506 | Tool for installing an underground water pipe A tool for installing water pipe made of a central body, a ring encircling the central body, a tapered end, and an anvil end. Water pipe slides over the tapered end, over the ring and is stopped by the anvil in for impact installation in soil enabling water pipe to ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7198113 | Hole cutter and method for using same A hole cutter includes a frame and first and second blade halves moveably mounted with respect to the frame. The blade halves are first driven into the ground and then are lifted upwardly out of the new hole with as ground plug therebetween. A lift flange engages bo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150238 | Bulber with dirt release mechanism A handheld bulber for use in planting and gardening is disclosed. The bulber has a rigid steel inverted conical frustum body of at least two opposing and slightly overlapping sidewall members pivotably joined together and a handle attached opposite a serrated cuttin... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128166 | Planting tool A planting tool having a handle, an auger receiver and a basket. The auger receiver has an upper opening and a lower opening. The auger receiver is attached to the handle. The auger receiver is adapted to receive an auger. The basket has an upper opening and a lower... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121356 | Tools and methods for retrieving buried coins and other treasure A “sod saver” tool for digging to acquire an object buried in the ground, and a non-metallic scraping tool utilized when carefully examining the soil. The sod saver tool includes a main cylindrical body rotated about its longitudinal axis for digging a substanti... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6892823 | 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 t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6739401 | Hole cutting device A hole cutting device for forming and relocating holes in the ground includes a hollow cylindrical cutting head with a lower cutting edge surrounding an open bottom, a tubular shaft extending upwardly from the cylindrical head and a handle portion on an upper end of... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6659028 | Planting device having adjustable handle A planting device includes a housing for engaging into soil and having a rear and two side walls, and a pivotal jaw pivotally secured to the housing and rotatable toward and away from the rear wall of the housing. The pivotal jaw and the side walls and th... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6581531 | Hand held seed planting device and method for use The present invention is a hand held, seed planting device for use by individuals. It is comprised of a soil probe for insertion into the earth, a seed feed conduit, and a movable clearing rod that slides through the soil probe. The clearing rod is used t... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6374758 | Manually manipulated rotatable digging blade An apparatus to aid in the planting of pre-grown plants, flowers, and vegetables is provided that takes the shape of a garden tool with a "T" shaped handle atop a cylindrical pipe with an integral cutting edge approximately 4 inches in diameter. The cutti... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6289828 | Tilling and seeding device There is provided a manually operated seeding and tilling device having a tubular feed shaft equipped with a seed retaining chamber, a portal for loading the chamber with seeds, a handle for rotating a shaft about an orbital axis, a tined tilling member p... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6138769 | Root cutting tool A tool for inserting beneath a plant to sever roots, such as tap roots, that are located beneath a tree or shrub at a location relatively far from the circumference of a root ball, the tool comprising a cutting blade of generally triangular shape having a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138589 | Bulb planting device A gardening tool used for bulb planting having a frustoconically shaped earth removing portion with the approximate size and depth needed to remove enough soil to plant a bulb. The tool has a handle for holding onto the device and placing it on the ground... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5904106 | Seedling transfer tool A seedling transfer tool including a flexible inverted U-shaped blade assembly in an essentially inverted U-shaped configuration with two generally parallel fingers. Each finger has a U-shaped lower end terminating in a point and facing arcuate recesses a... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5845822 | Inertia-activated dispenser for insecticide A dispenser or applicator for dry insecticide includes a container having a removable cover; the cover is attached to a lower end of an elongate handle having a hand grip at its top A partition inside the container is the floor of the insecticide containe... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5662053 | Guide adapted to fit on an electro-mechanical device for planting seeds Many people like to plant a garden. The earth is prepared for receiving the seeds. A person can dispense the seeds into the earth. An even distribution of the seeds is difficult. The subject invention comprises a guide for holding seeds. One end of the gu... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5622122 | Garden tool for planting plants A garden tool tool to assist a gardener in planting plants in previously cultivated soil. The garden tool allows a gardener to plant plants such as vegetables, flowers, and tree seedlings in cultivated soil with a minimum of effort and without kneeling or... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5497714 | Planting hole digger A tool for digging a planting hole for planting a rooted plant in a garden or landscape area. The tool includes cutting edges that may be pressed into the planting area by a user standing in an upright position. The cutting edges are attached to handles t... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5469923 | Device for extracting a plant from the ground The present invention relates to a device for extracting a plant, such as a weed, from the ground. The device has at least two opposed prongs, each prong tapering operatively downwardly. The tapered prongs are shaped and configured with respect to one ano... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5431467 | Combined weed extractor, seed planter and hole digger A lawn and gardening device for extracting weeds, digging holes, planting seeds, and other small excavations. The lawn and gardening device has a pair of jaws at one end to clamp onto a weed whereby the user first pulls outwards, and then upwards on a pai... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5415115 | Machine of the type placed on the ground for transplanting a series of potted seedlings A machine for transplanting potted seedlings grown in a series of pots linked together without separating them from one another includes a bottom plate having an upwardly curved leading end portion, and a slot formed in its trailing end portion. A soil op... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5398624 | Transplanting tool A transplanting tool for the manual extraction and planting of seedlings. The transplanting tool comprises, a digging tube, a hollow plunger slidably contained within said digging tube, a stem and a transverse piece forming a handle, and a pair of foot ba... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5215550 | Seedling array transplanter The transplant head of the transplanter has an upper plate with four pinholes spaced at the corners of a square of a determined width. A lower plate is adjustably spaced beneath the upper plate and has four pinholes located at the corners of a square of a... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5156101 | Tree transplanter A portable tree and shrub transplanter which is easy to use by a landscaper and which reduces the shock a plant experiences during the transplantation process. The transplanter includes a rigid elongated handle extending to a blade to form a spade, wherei... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5154466 | Pneumatic soil removal tool A soil removal tool is provided for removing radioactive soil, rock and other debris from the bottom of an excavation, while permitting the operator to be located outside of a containment for that excavation. The tool includes a fixed jaw, secured to one ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5052314 | Planting tube A planting tool for plants comprises a tube having a fixed beak half at its lower end. A hinged beak is hinged to the tube such that the fixed and hinged beak halves together form a beak capable of being pressed into the ground. The beak is then opened to... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5025969 | Dual actuation staple insertion apparatus A dual actuation staple insertion apparatus, for sequentially inserting a plurality of staples through a selected material, into the ground when actuated by a downward force from an operator upon opposing handles, foot actuation member or both. The appara... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4995327 | Seed planting apparatus An apparatus including a planar support tray mounting a series of seed containers therethrough. The containers may optionally include a removable lid providing a lip to contain seed within the containers. Further, a funnel integrally secured to the suppor... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4951584 | Transplanter A transplanter with a rigid frame has a stationary handle fixed to the upper portion of the frame and an open ended earth corer rigidly fixed to the lower portion of the frame. The corer is an open ended casing of circular horizontal cross-section in whic... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4932339 | Bulb and bedding planter A bulb and bedding planter for the manual planting of bulbs, seedlings, and bedding plants in soil, comprising an elongated hollow tube with a handle at its upper end, and a substantially enclosed hollow plunger enclosure attached to the other end. The lo... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4736694 | Containerized planter A simple, one person transplanter in use from a standing position having a rectangular, tubular frame, the distance equivalent to the distance required between plants, and a dibble on one end to make the hole for the container which also spaces the plants... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4706582 | Planting device for plants Planting device for plants, which comprises a frame tube (1), a stationary jaw (6) and a pivoting jaw (7) in contact with same, with a foot pedal (8), as well as a catch and discharge device (3), which is provided with a trigger lever (12) as well as with... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4641457 | Planting system A device intended to hold or contain a plant in planting comprises a sleeve having broken-through wall parts extending in the length direction of the sleeve from an upper edge of the sleeve to a lower edge. The lower edge may be formed with at least one t... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4625662 | Towable transplanter The present invention relates to a towable transplanter for larger plants, bushes and trees. The transplanter has a two-piece pivotally attached frame (20), a pair of wheels (15), an extractor head (40), including a plurality of blades 41 reciprocally mou... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4585072 | Gardening tool with plug ejector and detachable cutting chamber An improved tool for removing weeds and for planting plugs of grass is provided with an elongated, upright sleeve having a hollow chamber at the lower extremity thereof. A plunger is operated to pass through the chamber by means of an elongated handle ext... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4539920 | Transplanters The transplanter comprises plural spade members, each having an imaginary axis line along which the blade and shaft thereof extend, and a mainframe for holding and guiding each spade member for a line of travel by the blade and shaft thereof in a directio... | 09/10/1985 |
