US 2006/0124326 A1Published application

Rotary weed removal device

OwnerBob Gilleyinventor

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Abstract

A rotating weed removal device includes an elongate rod with a plurality of tines extending through and loosely retained in a plurality of apertures disposed at the lower end of the rod in spaced apart relation, such that each of the tines is free to rotate within the aperture through which the tine extends, but is retained in the aperture by bends in the outer ends of each tine. In use, the upper end of the rod is connected to a rotary drive means, such as a cordless drill motor, the lower end of the rod is placed on the soil adjacent to a weed to be removed, the drive means is activated, and downward pressure is applied to cause the rotating rod to penetrate the soil and the revolving tines to engage and loosen the roots of the weed by winding the roots into the tines, allowing the weed to be easily lifted from the soil with roots substantially intact.

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Dependent claims

A weed removal device comprising

an elongate rod having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, said rod being rotatable around said longitudinal axis, said rod being penetrated by a plurality of apertures, each having an axis, said apertures extending through said rod with said axes of said apertures generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said rod, with said apertures disposed adjacent to said second end of said rod;
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a plurality of tines, equal in number to the number of said apertures, each of said tines having a first outer portion, a second outer portion, and an intermediate portion between said first and second outer portions, each of said tines extending through a respective one of said apertures with said first and second outer portions of each of said tines extending outwardly from said rod in generally opposed relation to each other, and with said intermediate portion of each of said tines disposed in said aperture, said first and second outer portions of each of said tines extending from said intermediate portion of said tine at an angle of not greater than ninety degrees, so as to prevent removal of said tines from said apertures.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.