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US 10,485,157 B1Granted
Growing medium cutting tool
OwnerMike Steeleinventor
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Abstract
The invention involves a growing medium cutting tool that, in exemplary embodiments, includes a handle fixedly and distally connected a hollow incising body via a vertical shaft. The growing medium cutting tool is a unitary apparatus with no moving parts, and the hollow incising body defines a cavity completely devoid of any internal structures. The hollow incising body also has a pointed perimeter on its bottom edge useful for penetrating the growing medium. The growing medium cutting tool provides simple, effective, and inexpensive relief to gardeners who need to quickly and precisely create a hole within a growing medium.
Claims19
A cutting tool comprising:
- a handle fixedly situated at an upper end of a vertical shaft;
- and
- a hollow incising body fixedly situated at a lower end of said vertical shaft, the hollow incising body comprising a bottom edge, a flat exterior outer surface, an exterior side surface, and walls with a smooth interior surface, which together define a single cavity devoid of internal structures;
- wherein the handle and the hollow incising body are distally located from each other along a vertical axis of the cutting tool;
- wherein a length of the handle is as long as a length of the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body and as long as a length of the vertical shaft;
- wherein the handle is integral with the vertical shaft;
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- wherein the vertical shaft is integral with the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body;
- wherein the bottom edge of the hollow incising body is configured to create an incision in a growing medium;
- and
- wherein the walls with a smooth interior surface are configured to reduce an amount of growing medium remaining in the hollow incising body when the cutting tool is removed from the growing medium.
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A cutting tool comprising:
- a hollow incising body fixedly situated at a lower end of a vertical shaft, the hollow incising body comprising a bottom edge, a flat exterior outer surface, an exterior side surface, and walls with a smooth interior surface, which together define a single cavity devoid of internal structures;
- and
- a cylindrical handle as long as a width of the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body and as long as a length of the vertical shaft fixedly situated at an upper end of the vertical shaft;
- wherein the cylindrical handle and the hollow incising body are distally located from each other along a vertical axis of the cutting tool;
- and
- wherein the handle is integral with the vertical shaft;
- and
- wherein the vertical shaft is integral with the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body;
- wherein the bottom edge of the hollow incising body is configured to create an incision in a growing medium;
- and
- wherein the walls with a smooth interior surface are configured to reduce an amount of growing medium remaining in the hollow incising body when the cutting tool is removed from the growing medium.
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A cutting tool comprising:
- a hollow incising body fixedly situated at a lower end of a vertical shaft, the hollow incising body comprising a bottom edge with a pointed perimeter, a flat exterior outer surface, an exterior side surface, and walls with a smooth interior surface, which together define a single cavity devoid of internal structures;
- and
- a cylindrical handle as long as the width of the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body and as long as a length of the vertical shaft fixedly situated at an upper end of the vertical shaft;
- wherein the cylindrical handle and the hollow incising body are distally located from each other along a vertical axis of the cutting tool;
- and
- wherein the handle is integral with the vertical shaft;
- wherein the vertical shaft is integral with the exterior outer surface of the hollow incising body;
- wherein the bottom edge of the hollow incising body is configured to create an incision in a growing medium;
- and
- wherein the walls with a smooth interior surface are configured to reduce an amount of growing medium remaining in the hollow incising body when the cutting tool is removed from the growing medium.
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