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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216595 | Seed planting device, and dibber therefor A handheld seed planting device including a rule-like seed spacing member with two or more dibbers and a depth marker for facilitating seed planting in terms of the spacing between neighboring seeds and/or their seed planting depth. Dibbers preferably double up as d... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7117804 | Seeding apparatus A seeding apparatus plants seed in the ground with a minimum soil disturbance. A base plate is provided which is supported for sliding movement along the ground and which includes a plurality of seed apertures formed therein. A metering system meters seed from a see... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7040416 | T-post hole-forming device and use for installing a T-post The invention provides a T-post hole-forming device, comprising (a) a shaft; (b) a head for receiving a driving force at the top of said shaft; (c) a flat plate affixed to one side of said shaft, the shaft terminating in a pointed end for piercing the ground. Also p... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6843020 | Fertilizer spike and method and apparatus for inserting same into soil A fertilizer spike is insertable into soil utilizing a tool having prongs. The fertilizer spike comprises a fertilizer body comprised of fertilizer material having a base end with an outer surface that converges toward a tip end, in which at least two channels are f... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6752219 | Turf cutting and handling system for golf green cup A turf cutting and handling system for the borehole of a golf green cup includes a generally cylindrical hollow barrel with a cutting edge disposed about a lower periphery of the barrel. A manually grippable handle allows the barrel to be drilled into a playing surf... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6047650 | Method and kit for application of lawn care products A method and apparatus 10 for restoring the pH balance of a patch of contaminated hyper acidic soil 100 by creating a series of core holes 101 in the contaminated soil 100 with a core removal tool 20 having a hollow stem element 21 to captively engage a p... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6047651 | Multiple attachment hole digger A hole digger is provided including a post and a hole digging attachment mounted to the post and having a closed bottom face and a tapered periphery.... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6024034 | Manual hand-sowing press for the preparation of seed sowing A seed-sowing preparation press is a tool which will make quick and accurate impressions in nursery beds. The sowing press consists of a plurality of square rods each with screws at one end and receptacles at the other end so to be interconnected at will.... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5540433 | Pilot hole drill for golf tee A golf tee drill comprising a cylindrical casing having a removable cap at a first end. A spring is mounted in the removable cap. An electric motor is provided, having a rotatable shaft. The motor is secured within a second end of the casing. A battery is... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5492070 | Planting tool and method of using same The method of planting potted nursery plants includes providing a planting tool having a punch head corresponding to the shape of the potted plant to be planted and then inserting the punch head into the ground and displacing soil for forming a cavity hav... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5438940 | Manual plant setting device and method of setting plants A manual plant setting device that enables a gardener to set plants into the ground from a standing position without the need to bend or stoop, having a base plate with a short spud extending downwardly therefrom to be pressed into the soil to form a hole... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5325798 | Planting spacer and planting depth defining device A planting spacer and planting depth defining device includes a central rod on which a block is slidably mounted to define the depth of plant-receiving planting holes. A ruler is slidably received in the block and is used to define the spacing between pla... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5228400 | Planting tool A planting tool having a handle, a bracket connected to one end of the handle, and a conical portion connected to the bracket remote from the handle. The bracket is open in the manner of a stirrup for accommodating a foot of a person using the tool. The c... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5170729 | Fertilizer dispenser with closure at pointed tip A device for dispensing a quantity of granular fertilizer to an underground location. The device consists of an inner and outer tubular section with the inner tube being hollow. Both tubular sections have a lower pointed end and the inner tube is rotatabl... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5152348 | Turf aerating machine and tool attachment A turf spiking tool attachment 10 retrofits turf aerating machines 20 having reciprocating pistons 20 with the turf spiking tool attachments 10 mounted on the free ends of the pistons 20 for motor driven punching and aerification of turf. A flat base plat... | 10/06/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5099772 | Seed planting method and apparatus An apparatus and a method are provided for planting seeds with a marked dibble, a marked seed spacer and a marker row spacer. Corresponding markings on a dibble, a seed spacer and a row spacer define the ideal planting depth, seed spacing and row spacing ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5080027 | Seed planter ground hole manual tool A hard material pointed bottom tool is presented having a top handle and a stand-on side extension enabling body weight through a user's foot to drive the pointed bottom end into the ground for repeatedly providing seed receiving planting holes. The stand... | 01/14/1992 |
| 4934289 | Hole-forming gardening device A gardening device facilitating the planting of seeds, bulbs or the like includes a platen member having two opposite sides and a plurality of pegs releasably secured to one side of the platen member so as to project therefrom. A carrying handle is attach... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4791995 | Manual tiller, mulcher, weeder tool A manual tiller, mulcher and weeder tool has an elongated upright handle having its lower end connected to a horizontal top plate which has a series of diamond-headed tines extended downwardly in parallel spaced apart relation from the underside of the to... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4549611 | Multi-purpose hand tool A tool including a handle secured axially to a reversible face plate structure having a flat sheet metal body including a first portion with a half-round-curved edge or periphery adapted to fit into half-round gutters as well as a second portion with a mo... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4275672 | Dibber A dibber, having a handle portion, and integral therewith an implementing portion tapering to a point, variably apertured collared disks, mountable, upwardly slidable to measured points on the implementing portion, indicating the ideal depths for planting... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4267782 | Portable, hand-held device for forming crop-receiving cavities in the ground A portable, hand-held device for use in transplanting crops includes a tubular conduit operable for directing fluid outwardly from the discharge end thereof for impingement against the ground to form a crop-receiving cavity in the ground. Additionally, an... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4114543 | Seed planting device with automatic seed covering A device for planting seeds into soil includes an elongated tubular housing having a concentrically-disposed axially-aligned elongated rigid member slidably mounted within the hollow interior of the housing. A tubular socket is connected to the end portio... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4080755 | Seed tape-bearing reflective plant marker A plant marker which serves not only to facilitate the implant of seeds at the proper depth, but also functioning to encourage the upward growth of the seedlings. The marker is constituted by a tab which is insertable in soil to a depth determined by a gr... | 03/28/1978 |
| 4020906 | Garden marker A rotary tool for marking a straight or curved groove in a garden in which seeds are to be laid. The tool includes an enclosed drum, which may be filled with water, with the drum rotatably mounted to a yoke fixed to a handle. A rim centrally fitted with a... | 05/03/1977 |
