Device for extracting a plant from the ground

A device for extracting a plant from the ground, the device comprising:

• at least two opposed prongs, each prong tapering operatively downwardly, the tapered prongs being shaped and configured with respect to one another to, in use, pierce the ground and grip a plug of earth in which the plant is located between the tapered prongs;
• handle means for moving the tapered prongs relative to the ground;
• and
• dispensing means for removing the plug of earth from between the tapered prongs;
• wherein the tapered prongs are defined by a rigid tube which is substantially square in cross-section and has an inverted "V"-shaped cut-out formed in each side of the tube at an end thereof thereby defining a tapered prong at each corner of the tube.

A device for extracting a plant from the ground comprising:

• a tubular shaft having a square cross-section and having an operatively upper end and an operatively lower end;
• a holding formation formed on the operatively upper end of the tubular shaft for being gripped by a person's hands;
• a footrest suitably located on the shaft for the application of a person's foot thereon;
• an inverted "V"-shaped cut-out formed in each side of the operatively lower end of the tubular shaft thereby defining a tapered prong at each corner of the operatively lower end of the shaft;
• a rod mounted in the shaft for movement between a rest position in which the operatively lower end of the rod is above the tapered prongs and a dispensing position in which the operatively lower end of the rod is between the tapered prongs;
• and
• urging means for urging the rod into the rest position.