Triangular lawn rake

In a lawn rake,

• a. a handle;
• b. a triangular spread of teeth,
• said teeth, considered progressively from the center to the opposite sides of the spread, being of gradually increasing extent radially from the spread triangle apex,
• whereby the projecting of all said teeth is to common tangency with the same straight line or vertical plane transverse or normal to said handle, and thereby for raking cleanly from and close against a laterally straight, vertical edge or surface;
• c. downturned working ends integrally formed at the outer ends of said teeth,
• said teeth working ends being all of the same vertical extent or height;
• d. socket head means for durably and securely joining the inner ends of said teeth to said handle, said socket head means comprising
• d.sub.1. flat transverse means individually separately engaging and fixing said teeth inner ends in laterally contiguous, co-planar array and with the backs of said teeth parallel-extending therefrom,
• whereby said teeth outer ends also all occupy the same transverse or horizontal plane, and
• whereby with their said working ends all of the same height said teeth uniformly engage the lawn surface when swung through all rake use attitudes of handle inclination thereto;
• d.sub.2. thin, flat, transverse, light-weight, rigid plate members, engaged to the opposite sides of said teeth spread and flat transverse means, and extending radially beyond the teeth inner ends to supply to said teeth spread a proper balance as between resiliency and stiffness,
• said plate members formed also to accommodate the positioning of said teeth inner ends, considered progressively from the center to the opposite sides of said teeth spread, at gradually increasing distances radially from said spread triangle apex, whereby said teeth of said triangular spread project to said same straight transverse line with teeth backs all of the same identical length;
• d.sub.3. a receptacle for and mounting therewithin one end of said handle, said receptacle integrally formed in said plate members;
• and
• d.sub.4. means securing together said teeth spread, flat transverse means, and plate members.