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US 5,234,241 AGranted
Weed remover
OwnerDebra A. Ikerdinventor
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Abstract
A manually operable weed remover consists of a cluster of pivotable spikes attached to a handle. When positioned over the center of a weed and downward pressure is applied, either by pushing on a bar handle or stepping on a foot rest, a bottom flange is forced up by the ground surface as the spikes are forced into the ground around the weed. The spikes are directed through apertures in the moveable flange and movement of the flange causes the spikes to close around the root of the weed. The weed may then be pulled from the ground by upward pressure on the tool.
Claims6
A new and improved weed removing garden tool comprising:
- spike means for grasping a weed;
- first shaft means to which said spike means is pivotally attached;
- handle means for facilitating a use of said garden tool, said handle means being attached to said first shaft means;
- second shaft means positioned internally of said first shaft means and being axially moveable relative thereto between first and second positions;
- guide flange means fixedly secured to a bottom portion of said second shaft means, said spike means being guided in pivotal movement by said guide flange means from said first position to said second position thereby to facilitate a grasping of said weed, and
- manually activatable means for selectively causing said second shaft means and said guide flange means fixedly secured thereto to axially move relative to said first shaft means from said second position to said first position to thereby cause said weed to be released from said spike means,
- wherein said handle means comprises cross-bar means affixed to the distal end of said first shaft means opposite said pivotally attached spike means, and said manually activatable means comprises a gripping member attached to a distal portion of said second shaft means extending through an opening intermedially of said cross-bar means, said gripping member adapted to cause selective axial sliding movement of said second shaft means relative to said first shaft means between said second position to said first position, and
- foot rest means attached to said first shaft means proximal to said pivotally attached spike means, said foot rest means comprising a rigid member laterally extending from said first shaft means and adapted to cause said spike means to penetrate soil in the vicinity of a weed and to simultaneously cause axial movement of said guide flange means from said first position to said second position upon the action of the foot of a gardener bearing down against said rigid member.
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A new and improved weed removing garden tool comprising:
- spike means for grasping a weed;
- first shaft means to which said spike means is pivotally attached;
- handle means for facilitating a use of said garden tool, said handle means being attached to said first shaft means;
- second shaft means positioned internally of said first shaft means and being axially moveable relative thereto between first and second positions;
- guide flange means fixedly secured to a bottom portion of said second shaft means, said spike means being guided in pivotal movement by said guide flange means from said first position to said second position thereby to facilitate a grasping of said weed, and
- manually activatable means for selectively causing said second shaft means and said guide flange means fixedly secured thereto to axially move relative to said first shaft means from said second position to said first position to thereby cause said weed to be released from said spike means,
- wherein said first shaft means includes cross-bar means affixed to the distal end thereof opposite said pivotally attached spike means, and said manually activatble means comprises a gripping member pivotally attached to said cross-bar means and having an end engaging said second shaft means through an opening in said first shaft means proximal to said cross-bar means whereby pivotal movement of said gripping member is adapted to cause axial movement of said second shaft means relative to said first shaft means from said second position to said first position,
- further including reservoir means on said first shaft means, said second shaft means being tubular and having an axial opening therein, said reservoir means being connected to said axial opening of said second shaft means by a conduit, said gripping member end engaging said conduit so as to prevent the flow of any substance in said reservoir from entering said axial opening in the absence of pivotal movement of said gripping member relative to said cross-bar means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.