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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7080454 | Devices and methods for use in preparing certain fruits for consumption Devices for removing and/or slicing a meat of fruit are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device has a handle portion and a working portion having an elongated blade and a pair of lateral extensions. The elongated blade has a cross-sectional shape adapted to facilit... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6968624 | Carrot scoop A device for carving into a carrot comprising a handle having a first end and a second end with at least one blade extending from the first end of the handle. The blade is disposed at a right angle to the handle. The blade has at least one sharp cutting edge operati... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951254 | Soil manipulating tool A soil manipulating tool is disclosed which has a handle (12) and a soil penetrating portion (14). The soil penetrating portion (14) is formed from a helical or spiral rod or wire (13) which defines a cavity (18). The rod or wire (... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6595298 | Multi-purpose weeder with auger A multi-purpose weeder attachable to a hand-held rotary power implement is designed to weed, aerate and till soil. A vertical shaft is removably attached to the implement to permit erect operation of the weeder. A pair of substantially spiral-shaped blade... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6179062 | Garden tool A garden tool comprising a ground engaging portion for engaging the ground and up rooting a plant, a handle extending upwardly and forwards from the ground engaging portion such that a user can stand upwardly while using the tool. The ground engaging port... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5490374 | Plant puller The plant puller is a hook attached at one end of a pole or handle. The hook is used to grip a plant to be pulled from the soil. While a standard circular hook may be used, a tapered hook which causes a compression of the plant as it is drawn into the tap... | 02/13/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5327977 | Weeder with hollow tines A cultivator includes a handle having a lower end with a tool member connected thereto. The tool member has first and second spaced-apart tines, each of the tines having an outer tip and being tubular with a longitudinal interior hollow extending to the t... | 07/12/1994 |
| 4915179 | Double-action articulated cultivating tool A garden tool having a cultivating blade portion and a cultivating tine portion provided at the end of a relatively long handle. The blade portion is generally U-shaped and is substantially equal in width to the tine portion. The blade portion is articula... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4856599 | Ground-working tool for attachment to the foot of a wearer A ground-working tool for attachment to the foot of the wearer includes a base plate for attachment against the underside of a wearer's shoe and a pair of ground-working hoe blades rigidly supported beneath the base plate. The hoe blades are generally fla... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4852337 | Method and apparatus for removing aquatic plants A method of and rake for removal of aquatic plants; the method has the steps of pulling a rake over an underwater bottom, engaging aquatic plants with flexible, resilient teeth and a flexible, resilient filament strung between the teeth, pulling the plant... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4377212 | Pendulum action cultivating hoe A pendulum action cultivating hoe utilizes an elongated handle on the lower end of which is mounted a vertically inverted U-shaped support frame. The support frame pivotally mounts a second upright vertically positioned U-shaped blade frame having a blade... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4375299 | Aquatic weeder An aquatic weeder is provided which includes an elongated handle with a generally rectangular, flat blade assembly rigidly mounted at the lower end thereof. The weeder includes a pair of support straps extending from the handle to each end of the blade as... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4122570 | Cultivating system The specification discloses a tool used for chopping and scraping earth which is easily convertible into numerous different implements such as a rake, shovel, broom, fork or the like. An apertured working section is disposed normally to an elongated handl... | 10/31/1978 |
| 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 |
| 3965991 | Manual cultivating tool A manual cultivator tool including a handle, a U-shaped blade, a tubular member provided with spaced flattened end portions having similar intermediately disposed bends therein, and a pair of separate handle attaching elements assembled into a final const... | 06/29/1976 |
