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US 12,741,361 B2Granted
Multipurpose drip irrigation tool
AssigneeHusqvarna AB
InventorsCharles Spencer Donovan, Eric Tres Wangsgaard
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Abstract
A multipurpose drip irrigation tool may comprise a first reaming extension and a second reaming extension. The first reaming extension may be positioned with respect to the second reaming extension such that a tube of a smaller diameter may be expanded by either one of the first and second reaming extensions and a tube of a larger diameter may be expanded by a combination of the first and second reaming extensions.
Claims13
A multipurpose drip irrigation tool comprises a longitudinal dimension, the multipurpose drip irrigation tool further comprising:
- a first pivoting arm comprising a first handle, a first jaw portion and a first pivot region disposed intermediate the first handle and the first jaw portion along a first pivoting arm longitudinal axis;
- a second pivoting arm comprising a second handle, a second jaw portion and a second pivot region disposed intermediate the second handle and the second jaw portion along a second pivoting arm longitudinal axis, wherein the first pivoting arm is pivotally engaged with the second pivoting arm;
- a first reaming extension comprising a first rounded end, a first expanding region and a first reaming extension longitudinal axis;
- a second reaming extension comprising a second rounded end, a second expanding region and a second reaming extension longitudinal axis, wherein the first reaming extension longitudinal axis and the second reaming extension longitudinal axis are substantially parallel, wherein the first rounded end and the second rounded end are generally aligned along the longitudinal dimension, wherein the first reaming extension and the second reaming extension are separated by an intervening, elongated, and empty space;
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- a U-shaped recess disposed on an interior surface of one of the first handle and the second handle such that when the first handle is pivoted towards the second handle, an interior surface of the other one of the first handle and the second handle retains a tube within the U-shaped recess.
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A multipurpose drip irrigation tool comprising a longitudinal dimension, the multipurpose drip irrigation tool further comprising:
- a first pivoting arm comprising a first handle, a first jaw portion and a first pivot region disposed intermediate the first handle and the first jaw portion along a first pivoting arm longitudinal axis;
- a second pivoting arm comprising a second handle, a second jaw portion and a second pivot region disposed intermediate the second handle and the second jaw portion along a second pivoting arm longitudinal axis, wherein the first pivoting arm is pivotally engaged with the second pivoting arm;
- a first reaming extension comprising a first rounded end, a first expanding region and a first reaming extension longitudinal axis;
- a second reaming extension comprising a second rounded end, a second expanding region and a second reaming extension longitudinal axis, wherein the first reaming extension longitudinal axis and the second reaming extension longitudinal axis are substantially parallel, wherein the first rounded end and the second rounded end are generally aligned along the longitudinal dimension, wherein the first reaming extension and the second reaming extension are separated by an intervening space;
- a pivot point at which the first pivoting arm and the second pivoting arm pivot with respect to one another;
- a barbed recess disposed on one of the first jaw portion and the second jaw portion, the barbed recess comprising a first retaining extension, a first partial frustoconical recess, and a second partial frustoconical recess, wherein the first partial frustoconical recess and the second partial frustoconical recess are disposed intermediate the first retaining extension and the pivot point along the longitudinal dimension when the multipurpose drip irrigation tool is in a closed position;
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- a second retaining extension, a first retaining recess, and a second retaining recess disposed on the other one of the first jaw portion and the second jaw portion, wherein the first retaining recess and the second retaining recess are disposed intermediate the second retaining extension and the pivot point along the longitudinal dimension when the multipurpose drip irrigation tool is in a closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.