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US 5,765,648 AGranted
Multipurpose garden tool
AssigneeGarden Works, Inc.
InventorsKelly C. Sheehan, Mike Roser
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AssigneeGarden Works, Inc.
InventorsKelly C. Sheehan, Mike Roser
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A multipurpose garden tool and method for indoor or outdoor gardening, planting, and soil working. The tool and method incorporate the capabilities of loosening, working, furrowing, trenching, digging, removing, and replacing soil; of setting and removing plants; of weeding; of scraping, emptying, or cleaning planters, pots, and other gardening containers, especially those having tight corners; and of cutting and removing plant roots and other obstacles found in or around soil. Preferred embodiments of the tool aspect of the invention provide a generally dished blade with a highly curved, offset pointed tip for loosening and furrowing soil. Serrated blade edges for cutting of roots and other obstacles or debris are optionally provided. The method includes a procedure for loosening, furrowing, digging, and excavating soil with a single tool.
A blade for a garden tool, the blade comprising a generally dished region and a pointed tip having a tip point, the blade adapted to engage a handle having a handle axis at an end of the blade opposite from the tip point and the blade having a grip axis substantially parallel to the handle axis;
A blade for a garden tool, the blade comprising a generally dished region and a pointed tip having a tip point, the blade adapted to engage a handle at an end of the blade opposite from the tip point and the blade having a grip axis;
A blade for a garden tool, the blade comprising a generally dished region, the dished region having a base point, a periphery, and a tip, the tip having a tip point also on the periphery, the blade further comprising a handle end and a handle having a grip axis at an end of the blade generally opposite from the tip point, the base point lying at an end of the dished region generally opposite the tip point but not on the handle end;
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