Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7100899 | Weed puller A weed puller for gathering weeds at the interstices between the weed foliage above the ground and the weed root below the ground includes a handle for being held by a standing operator at one end and supporting a body at the bottom distal end. The body defines two ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6988561 | Ergonomic planar grading hand tool A hand tool having a flat, planar blade parallel to a surface and a variable length handle allows efficient and effective grading or leveling of a surface. The device allows for effective grading without undue stress on the body of the operator. The ergonomic design... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6929299 | Bonded structures for use in semiconductor processing environments A structure for use in a semiconductor processing environment is provided, including a first plate a second plate bonded to the first plate. A distal end of the second plate extends beyond a distal end of the first plate. The distal end of the first plate is tapered... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6446733 | Garden tool with back strain relief feature The present invention discloses an apparatus for removing unwanted plants from a specific area of soil. The invention is comprised of a blade that is adapted to penetrate the surface of the soil and moving substantially parallel to the surface thereof. Pr... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6311783 | Gardening tool A cultivating tool having a blade made from steel sheet at least one-eighth of an inch thick. The blade has a front surface, a back surface, and at least one cutting edge. The blade is tapered from the cutting edge to the front surface to provide a wide, ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6044914 | Garden tool with back strain relief feature The present invention discloses an apparatus for removing unwanted plants from a specific area of soil. The invention is comprised of a blade that is adapted to penetrate the surface of the soil and moving substantially parallel to the surface thereof. Pr... | 04/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5590720 | Lawn edger apparatus A lawn edger apparatus includes a foot plate member which includes a front edge, a rear edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, a bottom face, a top face, a plate length, and a plate width. A blade member is connected to the bottom face of the foot p... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5560434 | Cutting hoe and method A cutting hoe and method wherein a handle is connected to a cutting head that has a cutting surface along a substantially 360 degree cutting portion circumscribing the cutting head thereby permitting cutting in any direction. In one embodiment, a star con... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5529130 | Root cutter A root cutter having a blade front end portion and a rear edge provided with a handle and sufficiently wide to receive the foot of a user. The blade has a V-shaped cutting cavity at a front end. An intermediate edge, extending parallel to the rear edge, i... | 06/25/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5440869 | Weed removal rakes A weed removal rake comprising: a blade in a generally planar rectangular configuration with an upper region, a lower region, a central region therebetween, the upper region including a hollow handle retainer extending rearwardly therefrom, the lower regi... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5393052 | Golfing device for divot repair/club holding/ball mark retention A golfing device for divot repair/club holding/ball mark retention. The device has a central body portion with a narrow first end and a wide second end. A pair of long legs extend from the first end of the main body portion with a long u-shaped recess the... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5361849 | Hand tool for use with a water supply A hand tool for use with a water supply to allow easy cultivation and watering of gardens and the like. One end of a hollow, tubular handle is attached to a valve which, in turn, is coupled to the water supply for allowing the user of the hand tool to cau... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5292120 | Golf tool A tool for golf equipment which combines various function and features such as an oval ring for cleaning golf shoe cleats, a golf cleat tightner, a divot repair device, and a golf club shaft rest in a single unit.... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5269513 | Compact golfing tool A compact golfing tool of uncomplex construction is provided, wherein a body has a pair of prongs at one end and a cleaning blade at the other end, which blade extends laterally across the width of such body. Preferably the cleaning blade, in side profile... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5226647 | Multi-purpose golfer's accessory There is disclosed a multi-purpose golfer's accessory with a straight edge (10) defining a scraper, a formation of prongs (12) defining a green repair mechanism, the base of a club stand, the base of a cigarette holder, and a spike cleaning device, a cuto... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5143371 | Golfer's aid A golfer's aid having a body in the shape of a clip which can be attached to the belt, pocket or waistband of the user or to a golf bag or other article. A strip of hook and look fabric is attached to the straight outer surface of the body for attaching t... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5125459 | Apparatus for smoothing granular material A one-piece leveling device for smoothing and leveling granular materials comprising a rigid flat elongated body having upper and lower portions, each a predetermined configuration, aperture means located in the upper portion of the body for aid in grippi... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5094456 | Rake head and rake head/golf club combination for use in raking golf course sand traps Golf course aesthetics and golf course maintenance procedures are enhanced by the use of a novel compact rake head that is detachably secured to the golfer's sand wedge to smooth the surface of sand traps following sand shots. The use of the rake head per... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5054777 | Golf accessory An elegant golf accessory combines a divot repair, a holding base for receiving the prongs of the divot repair, a ball marker with a snap member passes through a hole on the divot repair when the prongs are inserted into the base and snaps into a receptac... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5012872 | Golf club rake A rake head for attachment to the tapered handle of a golf club includes a pair of rake blades which are pivoted together. One of the blades includes a collar for removably attaching the rake head to the handle. The blades are movable between an open posi... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5004053 | Multiple use cultivating tool A multiple use cultivating tool includes a generally planar rigid blade support defining a plurality of outwardly extending cultivating members and a lower tamping surface. A generally triangular pick blade and a plurality of pointed rake teeth extend out... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4901801 | Hand implement having alternately usable tooth and blade assemblies A hand implement for cultivating the surface of the earth, the implement including an elongated shaft which mounts at its distal end a toothed assembly and a blade is mounted on the toothed assembly, the toothed assembly and blade so disposed relative to ... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4865133 | Weeding and furrowing hoe A gardening tool adapted to serve as a weeding hoe and a furrowing tool comprised of an elongated handle attached to a head part. The head part is five sided and is formed from flat material of generally uniform thickness having top and bottom surfaces an... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4790388 | Cultivation tool rear edges A cultivation tool includes a flat plate having outer peripheral sharpened edges with one or more notches on the rear edges to permit cutting of weeds. A handle is coupled to the rear of the plate for pulling the plate rearwardly when a weed of weeds are ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4779685 | Annular ring apparatus and method for weeding or cultivating A weeding tool includes a long metal handle and a metal head attached to the lower end of the handle. The head includes a metal annular, planar ring, the periphery of which includes a plurality of spaced trapezoidal teeth. The entire peripheral edge of th... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4411320 | Edging tool A flat blade is mounted on a handle and has upper and lower edges. The lower edge consists of a pair of cutting edges leading upwardly from a central point at an angle to each other and the upper edge consists of a pair of stepping edges leading downwardl... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4346628 | Method for making a head of piolet A method is provided which produces a head of piolet, all in one piece, by punching out a metallic blank (i.e. a long cross-shaped blank whose outline is symmetrical with regard to its longitudinal axis and comprises four parts: a peen part, a pike part, ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4334583 | Multi-purpose light duty garden tool A light-weight, multi-purpose light-duty yard tool made with a small sheet metal blade part shaped like a truncated triangle with the widest part at the front and the narrow edge at the heel or rear end. The front side portions are slightly cupped as is t... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4216831 | Golf club attachment for raking sand traps and retrieving golf balls A rake head for attachment to a handle such as a golf club shaft has a mounting bracket that removably and replaceably seats on the club shaft and which carries a pair of rake blades. The rake blades are rotatable between an in-line, deployed position and... | 08/12/1980 |
| 4060135 | Sheet metal garden tool A sheet metal tool such as a garden rake or garden cultivator of special one piece metal construction. The garden tool such as a rake or the like is comprised of a flat body of steel which is pressed in a manufacturing operation to provide a body portion ... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3965990 | Hand held garden implement A hand held garden implement having a working body portion with a tapered digging blade depending from the body and a pair of elongated rake blades projecting from the body portion so that the implement can be used for digging and other like uses by the t... | 06/29/1976 |
