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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066080 | Shovel device A shovel device having a base region and a transverse blade, the transverse blade having a longitudinally positioned forward blade edge that is operatively configured to cut the earth and trim a portion thereof. The shovel device is adapted to create an edge portion... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7748470 | Combination garden tiller and sprinkler head grass trimmer Apparatus for trimming grass around sprinkler heads or tending a small garden area includes a tubular member having a plurality of serrations formed on one end for cutting grass around such sprinkler heads. A housing member partially disposed for reciprocal movement... | 07/06/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7314096 | Adjustable handle for portable tool A handle having an adjustable shaft wherein the overall length of the shaft and/or the angular relationship of portions of the shaft can be varied by a user of an associated tool. In one embodiment, the handle includes a first tube, a second tube connected to a work... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7140112 | Head cover trimming system A head cover trimming system for trimming around a ground level head cover includes a head cap and a grass trimmer assembly. The head cap is provided on the head cover and includes a centering member. The grass trimmer assembly includes a head member having a periph... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021395 | Weeder tool attachment An attachment device detachably connects a gardening or cultivating tool to the blade of a garden hoe. This attachment device enables a tool such as weed cutters, rakes, pronged tools, and scythes to be detachably mounted to a hoe. The attachment device includes a s... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6955227 | Auger for mixing and burrowing An auger to assist in ground-burrowing or mixing paint or concrete, is used by attaching it to an electric or cordless power source. The major advantages over previous augers are: a hex head design prevents slipping in the drill chuck, an offset boring tip provides ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938699 | Variable angle powered work implement A walk-behind power unit is configured to detachably mount a variety of work implements to perform a corresponding variety of operations from a single power unit. The power unit includes an implement mounting mechanism that is pivotable about a generally vertical pi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932162 | Pneumatic processing machine having automatic stop at the end of a machining cycle A pneumatic processing machine includes a pneumatic motor, a circuit for connecting the motor to a source of compressed air, a tool holder spindle, and a drive mechanism. The mechanism includes a selection element which can be moved to select a first method of drivi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6886642 | Weeding apparatus A weeding apparatus includes a body having a bottom and a blade angularly positioned within the body. The blade is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. In the extended position the blade protrudes at an angle past the bottom of the body. A ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6883616 | Walk-behind landscape edger/trencher A walk-behind trenching implement has a side mounted rotary trenching tool for creating a profiled trench into the surface of the earth, which can also be used as an implement to edge landscape beds. The trenching implement is powered by an engine that delivers rota... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6857480 | Adjustable head edger A head edger apparatus for producing a centered, uniform, repeatable cut around sprinkler heads (or similar objects), without marring or damaging the sprinkler heads includes a body, a plurality of cutting members releasably and adjustably attached to the body, a no... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6854524 | Tools and methods to trim excess vegetation from growing plants Tools for trimming excess vegetation from growing plants include inner and outer coaxially positioned, relatively rotatable cutter blade assemblies which establish an interior volume for receiving a plant to be trimmed. Excess vegetation from the plant which extends... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6810967 | Grass and soil trimming system A grass and soil trimming system comprises a motor driven yard tool. The tool has a housing in a generally cylindrical configuration with a periphery and a female threaded interior and an interior locking screw. The female threaded interior of the mounting screw is ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6547689 | Angular motion translator The angular motion translator is a device with direct mechanical coupling which allows a user to reliably and durably change the angular relationship between two elements in a rotating frame (i.e. two output shafts) by changing the angular relationship be... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6460319 | Vegetation trimming and edging device with adjustable head orientation A vegetation trimming and edging device has an adjustable head that permits selective positioning between trimming and edging orientations. A shaft extends between the head and a handle. The head receives one end of the shaft. A coupling mechanism couples... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6412568 | Sprinkler head edging device The sprinkler head edging device has a cutting assembly attached to a handle or other device such as a powered rotational device. The cutting assembly has cutting blades attached which are oriented to cut and remove grass, weeds, dirt and other materials ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6311782 | Apparatus for trimming and edging grass around a lawn sprinkler head An edging and trimming apparatus for a lawn sprinkler head includes an elongate rotary shaft carrying an annular rotary blade at a lower end thereof. The opposite upper end of the shaft is releasably interconnected to a rotary auger motor. The motor drive... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6301866 | Vegetation trimming and edging device with adjustable head orientation A vegetation trimming and edging device has an adjustable head that permits selective positioning between trimming and edging orientations. A shaft extends between the head and a handle. The head receives one end of the shaft. A coupling mechanism couples... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6240644 | Trimmer with retractable edger handle An improvement for trimmers of the type that include an elongated main handle member with a motor assembly on one end and a cutting head at the other end. A secondary retractable handle member is pivotally mounted at one end to a point on the main handle ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6134789 | Grass trimmer for popup sprinklers This invention relates to the cutting or trimming of grass directly over the top of the pop-up sprinkle head's shaft. In the past the grass and roots would cross over the path of the sprinkle's pop-up shaft restricting or stopping the upward movement of t... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6067718 | Grass trimmer for lawn edges bordering gardens The trimmer is adapted to trim the grass on the vertical or near vertical edges of a lawn bordering a garden. The trimmer incorporates conventional motor driven rotating blade or filament cutting element(s) at the lower end of an elongated handle assembly... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6052976 | Trimmer shield for grass trimmer A grass trimmer with a trimmer shield that can be manually assembled to the housing without the use of tools is disclosed. The trimmer shield can also preferably be disassembled from the housing by a consumer to allow for replacement of the trimmer shield... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6038774 | Sprinkler head trimmer Apparatus for trimming grass around a sprinkler head. The apparatus comprises a body rotatable about a vertical axis and having a bore for fitting over a sprinkler head during rotation thereof and a peripheral portion surrounding the bore. At least one cu... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6032442 | Landscaping trimmer attachment An attachment for a landscaping trimmer for use in precise trimming and edging of landscaped areas. The attachment has bores through an elongated body member which are adjacent to the free end of the body member and perpendicular to its axis. Pre-cut piec... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5964299 | Hand held edging tool A hand held grass edging tool includes a substantially flat blade having a top edge, an opposite generally inwardly disposed, v-shaped bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges extending therebetween, each of the side edges including a generally inwar... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5950317 | Wire guard assembly for a string trimmer A string trimmer includes a wire guard assembly which retains a wire guard and debris shield on a motor housing. The wire guard is retained in a pair of grooves in the motor housing to capture the debris shield between the wire guard and an upper portion ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5924494 | Angled arbor for a vertical drive shaft lawn edger A vertical drive shaft lawn edger has an arbor which allows the cutting blade to extend outwardly from the lawn edger, yet still be rigid and stable. The arbor is located at an angle with respect to a longitudinal axis running perpendicular to the... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5833009 | Lawn edger composed of a plurality of plates The lawn edger is made up of a number of interconnected flat plates. One plate lies horizontally in use and has a forward cutting edge. A second plate is vertical in use and depends downwardly from one side edge of the horizontal plate. A third plate lies... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5829236 | Grass trimmer wheeled carrier A new grass trimmer wheeled carrier for supporting a grass trimmer with an grass cutting rotating head at the end of its elongate shaft portion. The inventive device includes a support frame having ground engaging wheels, a handle member coupled to the su... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5819856 | Lawn edging tool A lawn edging tool comprises a first post which is hollow and having an open lower end to which a cutting blade is secured. A second post is fitted through the open lower end of and slideably held in the hollow first post The second post has a lower end p... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5815928 | Portable powered lawn and garden tool A trimmer (10) has a power source (12) and a tabular drive shaft housing (32) for coupling the power source (12) to a rotating working element. The drive shaft housing (32) is rotatable with respect to the power source (12) and a handle (26) which is fixe... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5692572 | Lawn edger This invention relates to a grass cutting apparatus using a generally disk-shaped cutter which is bias against the edge against which it is cutting while allowing some vertical and lateral movement of the cutting disk. The preferred embodiments relate to ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5662428 | Shaft assembly A shaft assembly a tool comprises a first shaft part and a second shaft part and is adapted to be arranged between a handle and a working head of the tool. The first shaft part is slideable and/or rotatable within the second shaft part, and a pin is trapp... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5584348 | Guard for a string-type lawn trimmer The present invention provides an arcuate ring guard for a conventional lawn trimmer having a string-type cutting blade, which rotates in a planar cutting circle, and an arcuate housing covering the rearward region of the cutting circle but having an open... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5464067 | Golf marker cleaner and grass remover A golf marker cleaner having a housing with a central bore with a set of individually retractable soil-engaging arms, each having one end pivotally connected to the housing and a second end with a soil-engaging tine to prevent movement of the soil-engagin... | 11/07/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5165485 | Edger with improved blade cover assembly An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capab... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5156218 | Landscape edging attachment A landscape edging machine detachably mounted to the frame of a commercial mower and connection to the power-takeoff shaft to provide rotational power through a drive mechanism to a rotatable cupped disc is disclosed wherein the edging machine is provided... | 10/20/1992 |
