Gardening hand tool fitted with a handle and various tools which can be interchangeably mounted on said handle
OwnerAlain Dumontinventor
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Abstract
Each gardening tool proper (1) has a hollow mounting end-piece (3) provided on its free edge with a hook-shaped or channel-shaped member (4a,4b) whose opening is directed towards the working end of the tool. A handle (2) of either wood or plastic has a diameter at the lower end thereof which permits engagement with slight friction within the end-piece (3). A tool-retaining device stationarily fixed near the lower end of the handle has a resilient loop (11) which is intended to be engaged within the hook-shaped or channel-shaped member (4a,4a) of the end-piece. After engagement, the loop can be stretched or slackened (by means 5and 7 to 10) in order to permit either rigid interassembly or subsequent separation of tool proper and handle.
Claims23
A gardening band tool comprising a handle and a number of different tools proper which can be interchangeably mounted on said handle as well as a device for retaining the tool proper on a handle, wherein each tool proper is provided with a hollow mounting end-piece fitted externally with a hook-shaped or channel-shaped member, the opening of which is directed towards the working end of the tool proper, wherein the lower end of the handle has dimensions such as to permit engagement thereof with slight friction within said end-piece and wherein the device for retaining the tool proper on the handle is placed directly on said handle near the lower handle-end which is engaged within said end-piece, said device being provided with an element in the form of a resilient loop to be engaged within said hook-shaped or channel-shaped member provided on said end-piece as well as means connected to said loop for stretching or slackening said resilient loop after the engagement aforesaid has taken place in order to ensure a rigid assembly between the handle and the tool proper or to permit separation of these latter.
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