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US 5,360,071 AGranted
Gardening tool having diverging prongs and straight prongs
OwnerFrank H. Bergendorfinventor
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Abstract
A gardening tool for digging around weeds, vegetables, bushes, etc., and in particular, a gardening tool having a handle, two laterally mounted straight prongs extending parallel to one another, and a medially mounted pair of diverging prongs which extend in a gradually diverging manner from one another to define a V-shaped member.
Claims21
A gardening tool comprising:
- a handle for manipulating the gardening tool;
- two straight prongs mounted laterally with respect to the handle, and extending parallel to one another from a first end of the handle;
- and
- a pair of medially mounted diverging prongs which are mounted to said first end of the handle, and extend in a gradually diverging manner from one another to define a V-shape, wherein said straight prongs and said diverging prongs have distal tips which overlap one another.
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A gardening tool comprising:
- a handle for manipulating the gardening tool;
- two straight prongs mounted laterally with respect to the handle, and extending parallel to one another from a first end of the handle;
- and
- a pair of medially mounted diverging prongs which are mounted to said first end of the handle, and extend in a gradually diverging manner from one another to define a V-shape;
- wherein said two straight prongs are connected to said first end of the handle by an arced bracket;
- and
- wherein said arced bracket and said two straight prongs are arranged with respect to one another so as to define a.pi.-shaped member.
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A gardening tool comprising:
- a hollow sleeve having an open end and a closed end;
- a .pi.-shaped member attached to the closed end of the hollow sleeve, said .pi.-shaped member having an arced bracket and two laterally disposed, substantially parallel and downwardly extending straight prongs;
- a V-shaped member also attached to the closed end of the hollow sleeve, said V-shaped member comprising an apex, and two medially mounted and gradually diverging prongs;
- an elongated shaft received in the open end of the hollow sleeve;
- and
- a handle connected to an end of the elongated shaft, opposite from the hollow sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.