Multi-purpose light duty garden tool
Patent 4334583 Issued on June 15, 1982. Estimated Expiration Date: 
January 19, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
January 19, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesInventorApplicationNo. 06/225998 filed on 01/19/1981US Classes:172/375, Alternately usable diverse tools or parts172/380, Made from sheet material172/381Non-planar earth working portionExaminersPrimary: Stouffer, Richard T.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA01B 1/20 (20060101)A01B 1/00 (20060101) AbstractA 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 the wide front edge, to enable use as a shovel. The front edge has cutouts with sharpened edges providing raking tines to be used as a pushing cutting member. The forward portions of the side edges are sharpened, enabling use as an edging or slicing tool, while the rear portions of the side edges are flanged for strength. A tang piece, riveted to the heel part of the blade, provides a device for attaching the blade to a lightweight wood handle of medium length. The tool length preferrable is the distance from the users waist to the ground. | |
