Aquatic weeder

An aquatic weeder for removing weeds from a lake or other body of water comprising an elongated handle and a generally flat elongated blade assembly rigidly mounted transversely to the handle at one end thereof, the axis of said handle being at an angle of about thirty degrees above the minor axis of said blade assembly and generally perpendicular to the major axis of said blade assembly, the blade assembly having exposed cutting edges facing forwardly and rearwardly such that weeds are removed from a lake bottom by sliding the blade assembly in a forward and backward direction along the lake bottom, the blade assembly being mounted at an inclined angle with respect to the handle such that when the handle is held in an inclined position by an operator and the blade assembly is moved forward and backward along the lake bottom to cut weeds located in front of the operator, the blade assembly will lie flat against the lake bottom and will slide along the lake bottom in a direction parallel to the lake bottom;

• a pair of rigid support straps, one end of each said strap being rigidly attached to said handle and the other end of one of said straps being rigidly attached to one end of said blade assembly and the other end of the other strap being rigidly attached to the other end of said blade assembly;
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• said blade assembly comprising a generally rectangular, flat cutting blade sandwiched between a pair of rigid, generally rectangular support plates, the width of said plates being less than the width of said blade so that the blade edge extends beyond the plates at both the forward and rearward sides of said plates.