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US 4,281,866 AGranted
Weed puller and ejector
OwnerJames E. Atchesoninventor
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Abstract
A metal strap having a pedal, fulcrum and weed pulling trowel is attached to the bottom of an elongated handle. The trowel is bifurcated and notched so it may be forced into the ground by a foot on the pedal and the weed root caught within the slot and pried from the ground by the fulcrum. The weed is ejected from the slot by moving a blade in the slot downward against spring action. In one embodiment the tines of the trowel are twisted on each side of the slot.
Claims6
In a weed puller including
- a. an elongated handle having
- (i) an axis,
- (ii) an upper end, and
- (iii) a lower end,
- b. an earth trowel on the handle extending downward from the lower end,
- c. said trowel being bifurcated forming a pair of tines with a slot between them,
- d. the ends of the tines angled inward toward the slot to form a notch so that when the trowel is forced into the earth, a weed root is guided into the slot;
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- e. a blade in the slot, and
- f. ejecting means attached to the blade for moving the blade down the slot so as to remove a weed root in the slot,
- g. the ejector means includes
- h. a rod attached to the blade,
- j. said rod extending upward to a hand actuator
- (i) on the top thereof and
- (ii) adjacent the upper end of the handle,
- k. a spring between the rod and handle biasing the rod upward, and
- l. a metal strap extending normal to the handle at the upper part of the strap to form a pedal,
- m. the strap curving downward from the outer end of the pedal and back to the axis of the handle to form a fulcrum, and
- n. the bottom of the strap forming said trowel.
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In a weed puller including
- a. an elongated handle having
- (i) an axis,
- (ii) an upper end, and
- (iii) a lower end,
- b. an earth trowel on the handle extending downward from the lower end,
- c. said trowel being bifurcated forming a pair of tines with a slot between them,
- d. the ends of the tines angled inward toward the slot to form a notch so that when the trowel is forced into the earth, a weed root is guided into the slot;
- wherein the improvement comprises:
- e. said tines twisted back from the crotch of the bifurcation so that the tines are parallel to one another from the crotch to about half way their length, and
- f. the bottom half of the tines further twisted so as to form a trough portion of the trowel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.