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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8061433 | Manually operated adjustable earth moving tool A manually operated device or tool for manipulating or working the earth or soil. A preferred embodiment possesses an elongated digging rod having an adjustable handle assembly configured to quickly locate and fasten to a plurality of predetermined set points locate... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7363930 | Umbrella tilt mechanism The tilt mechanism has a pair of tubular members and a catch which is fixedly mounted in the upper member and pivotally mounted in the lower member to permit tilting of the two members relative to each other. A pin is mounted in the lower member and is biased into o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351158 | Golf club with divot repair tool A divot repair tool comprises a cylindrical housing having at least one helical groove located on the inside wall of an axial bore of the housing. The blade is stored within the axial bore of the housing by mechanical cooperation with the grooves such that the blade... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7260866 | Device for clearing rain gutters A gutter-clearing tool having a scoop-plate and a top-plate where the front end of the top-plate is pivotally attached to the top end of the scoop-plate, and the top plate is attached to a rod. A pivot joint allows the scoop-plate to close upwardly toward the top pl... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7213294 | Paint applicator A paint applicator includes a paint roller having a pivotally adjustable handle. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7032941 | Tool including adjustable handle A tool includes different tool heads, and an angularly adjustable handle. The angular adjustability allows better ergonomic body posture during use, thus reducing stress and injury, and also allows multiple functions for each tool. The handle comfortably receives a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6526619 | Gutter cleaning system A gutter cleaning system has a shovel with a working surface and a connecting component. The connecting component is a rigid member. A handle has inboard and outboard components and a locking mechanism to vary the length of the handle. An adjustable holde... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6435284 | Gardening tool A gardening tool which consists of a handle grip, a tool head section, an extension rod and a support pad; a section of the extension rod is joined and secured to the handle grip, and since the support pad is actively conjoined with the extension rod to f... | 08/20/2002 |
| 5857528 | Garden tool with depth control mechanism A garden seeding tool is provided including a handle and a blade coupled to the handle and having a pointed end. Further included is a depth control mechanism for preventing the pointed end of the blade from penetrating the ground past a predetermined dep... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5816337 | Handle of gardening tool A gardening tool is composed of a blade, a handle, and an eccentric rotating device connecting the blade and the handle. The blade has a connector provided with a receiving hole, whereas the handle is provided at one end thereof with a fastening hole. The... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5671553 | Grading apparatus An apparatus for grading soil or dirt adjacent to a curb, gutter, or other structure. The apparatus includes a blade portion, a handle portion, and a guide which may be attached to the handle or blade portions. The guide can be positionally adjusted relat... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5628370 | Lawn and garden tool The invention is a wooden handled, heart shaped, garden tool configured to perform various garden tasks. The tool includes multiple edges and angles configured to perform various garden tasks and a bolt attached thereon at 36° to mate with a handle conne... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5549167 | Hill maker hoe A hill maker hoe embodying a set of semicircular rearwardly opposing concavo-convex blades assembled to an angularly and extensibly adjustable handle which enables a user to accommodate the hoe for individual height and weight profile as well as for ease ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5495896 | Adjustable pitch garden hoe tool Disclosure is made of an adjustable pitch garden hoe tool, as an article of maufacture wherein the pitch of the head assembly can be adjusted to control the dig or "bite" into the soil and comprises ferrule legs mounted on an extended handle and adjustabl... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5479993 | Adjustable pitch garden hoe tool Disclosure is made of an adjustable pitch garden hoe tool head (16) as an article of manufacture wherein the pitch of the garden hoe tool head (16) head assembly can be adjusted to control the dig or "bite" into the soil and comprises ferrule legs (11, 11... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5477929 | Garden tool A garden tool that has a tool member coupled to a hollow aluminum handle by a nylon spacer and a pair of threaded nylon rivets,... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5452769 | Four in one gardening tool A four in one gardening tool is provided which consists of a scooped blade, with a handle assembly extending upwardly at an angle from a bent central area of the scooped blade. A plurality of teeth extend at an angle downwardly from a first side of the sc... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5440828 | Manual snow removal tool A manual snow removal tool has a blade, a pivotable handle, and a load transfer subassembly for structural rigidity and distributing force applied by a user through the handle to the blade. The load transfer subassembly defines an elongated channel, space... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5435396 | Hand tiller soil cultivation system A hand cultivating system for loosening or tilling select portions of the soil in a garden or plot. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a hand cultivating implement wherein there is provided a longitudinal handle member having f... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5433278 | Earth clod chopper A clod chopper structure arranged to effect the cutting and cubing of earth clods into manageable agricultural components is provided. The chopper includes a rectilinear frame, including intersecting rows of first and second blade members whose edges exte... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5285855 | Adjustable pitch garden hoe tool Disclosure is made of a garden hoe tool, having an adjustable pitch head, to control the depth of the dig into the soil, and the head comprising a tool base blade and vertical sides on the base blade and a compression V spring to lock the pitch of the hea... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4957170 | Curb and gutter shovel A shovel having a bottom portion with a surface edge adjacent to a surface to be scraped, top portion, one side portion at an acute internal angle with the surface edge at one end of the shovel and one side edge at an oblique internal angle with the surfa... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4919213 | Garden roller tool with adjustable telescopic arms A garden roller tool is provided having a weighted roller journaled on fork end of a ferrule at proximal end of an elongated handle. In one position the handle is tilted downwardly with the roller elevated applying pressure on an implement of the tool pus... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4905768 | Manual agricultural implement A manual agricultural implement, having a shaft with an axis and two ends, a handle arranged at one of the ends of the shaft and a tool arranged at the other end of the shaft having a plurality of tines arranged at radial distances from the shaft, the tin... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4678043 | Hand tool for loosening soil A hand tool for loosening, cutting and crumbling soil or the like, includ a central bearing axle of an angular cross section, a plurality of pairs of pronged wheel arrangements having radially extending prongs and being freely rotatably mounted on the ax... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4618003 | Weeder-cultivator An elongated upstanding shank is provided including structure for manually applying rotary torque to the upper end of the shank. The lower end of the shank supports an elongated blade therefrom including a first horizontal upper end mounted at one end of ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4483133 | Work implement A work implement having a tubular handle, a tool having tines mounted within the handle for movement between an extended position and a retracted position, and a pendulum-action tool mounted on the handle.... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4456075 | Weeding auger with U-shaped blade An elongated upstanding shank is provided including a ground piercing lower end and an upper end including structure for applying rotary torque to the shank. The lower end portion of the shank supports a generally horizontally disposed U-shaped blade ther... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4428436 | Seed trench digger with indexing structure A manually manipulable tool movable along a linear index to create a trench for planting seeds at a spaced distance from the index. The depth of the trench and its spacing from an index are adjustably variable. The device may be indexed from either side a... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4359104 | Furrow opening, closing and soil firming device for seed planting A plate has on its under side a V-shape keel of decreasing depth from end-to-end, a handle mounting on its upper side, and upwardly flared soil flattener at the ends of the plate.... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4289344 | Rakes A hand-held rake for golfers is made with a head having two portions one of which can pivot about the shaft of the rake from a working position in which it forms a continuation of the other head portion to a stowage position in which the head portions are... | 09/15/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4093031 | Pendulum type hoe A pendulum type hoe has a stirrup-shaped blade mounted to the fork of a handle for limited articulation. Inturned flanges of the blade engage hourglass shaped openings in the fork arms, the flanges being retained between reinforcing bars which project thr... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4054313 | Foldable sand trap smoother A sand trap smoother for use in smoothing the surface of sand in a trap on a golf course, which has an open position in which two blade members having unique teeth are extended to form a sand smoothing plow and a closed position in which the blades are co... | 10/18/1977 |
