Multi-purpose garden tool
OwnerPeter R. Corbettinventor
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Abstract
A garden tool with a tool head (2) comprising a flat blade portion (4) and a soil-deflection portion (5), the latter being located at one end, and to one side only, of the blade portion (4). This arrangement allows the tool head (2) to be drawn along a line to displace soil to one side thereby on the one hand, forming a shallow trench, while on the other hand, piling up earth for earthing up plants. In addition, the top end (4) of the soil-deflecting portion (5) curves round to form a soil scoop. In a preferred form of the tool, the blade portion (4) has working edges (6, 7) enabling it to be used for lawn edge trimming, and a pointed front end (8) which can be used to break up soil.
Claims3
A multi-purpose garden tool comprising a handle and a tool head carried at one end of said handle, wherein:
- said tool head includes:
- a substantially flat blade portion having first and second ends and a straight bottom cutting edge, said flat blade portion and said bottom cutting edge being in the same plane as said handle, said first end of said flat blade portion having a leading cutting edge extending upwards from said bottom cutting edge in said same plane,
- and a soil deflecting portion provided at said second end of said flat blade portion and projecting from one side of said flat blade portion, said soil deflecting portion positioned to deflect soil to said one side of said flat blade portion as said flat blade portion is advanced forward along said bottom edge in a direction toward said leading cutting edge and a portion of said soil deflecting portion furtherest from said bottom cutting edge is formed as a scoop-like member which can be used to excavate soil;
- and said handle being inclined upwardly relative to said bottom edge and in a forward direction away from said soil-deflecting portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.