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US 6,076,614 AGranted
Soil tilling implement with novel tine and footrest structure
OwnerMark S. Gracyinventor
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Abstract
A dirt-loosening tool comprising of an elongated handle having a head at one end that has multiple prongs in separate planes that can be easily pushed into soil. A footrest deposed between the separate planes doubles as a leveraged fulcrum. This allows for effortless cultivation of compacted dirt.
Claims9
A soil tilling implement comprising:
- an elongated, upstanding handle;
- a rigid, unitary head fixed adjacent one end of said handle;
- Said head having a first set of spaced apart, elongated prongs disposed in a first plane, and a second set of spaced apart elongated prongs disposed in a second plane spaced from said first plane;
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- said head including an integrally formed footrest disposed intermediate said first and second planes.
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In an implement with a working head that forms a fork means for tilling the soil, said working head comprising:
- a first prong set formed as a generally U-shaped member with a pair of spaced apart legs disposed in a first plane and forming a pair of prongs;
- a cross-bar member extending between and integrally fixed to said spaced apart legs;
- a second set of elongated prongs fixed to said cross-bar member intermediate said spaced apart legs, said second set of prongs being formed by a plurality of generally L-shaped members each having one end thereof integrally fixed to said cross-bar member and the other end thereof extending generally in the same direction as said first set of prongs;
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- a portion of at least some of said L-shaped members forming a footrest intermediate said first and second sets of prongs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.