Multi-purpose landscaping tool
OwnerRyan Mixinventor
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Abstract
A multi-purpose dual blade tool with a hitch pin system that allows the operator to adjust the tool to serve as a sod cutter, scuffle hoe, or lightweight pick-ax which allows the operator to use the tool in an upright standing position. This tool is comprised of a base structure or assembly having points of attachment for a wheel or wheels, a cutting blade, an additional kick blade which mounts on a handle directly above the base structure or can be used independently as a lightweight pick ax, and a wooden handle with composite grip and multiple attachment holes.
Claims13
A multi-purpose dual blade tool with a hitch pin system that allows the operator to adjust the tool to serve as a sod cutter, scuffle hoe, or lightweight pick-ax, the hitch pin system comprising a first hitch pin and a second hitch pin, the multi-purpose dual blade tool comprising:
- a. a base structure;
- b. a kick blade having only one sharpened edge at an end;
- c. a wooden handle with a composite grip at a first end, and multiple attachment holes;
- d. a hoe blade having two sharped edges opposite one another;
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- e. a wheel;
- wherein the wheel and hoe blade are secured to the base structure with the hoe blade being positioned behind the wheel;
- the base structure is releasably secured to a second end of the handle by the first hitch pin;
- and the kick blade is secured to the handle by the second hitch pin, the kick blade being positioned behind the hoe blade.
A multi-purpose landscaping tool comprising:
- a handle comprising:
- an upper round section with a grip at a first end of the handle;
- a lower square base section, the square base section comprising a first hole and a second hole separated from one another, the second hole being closer to a second end of the handle than the first hole;
- an adjustable kick blade secured to the first hole, the kick blade having body with a sharp end beveled at a 45 degree angle, the body extending from the handle at a 90 degree angle;
- a base structure releasably engaged to the second hole, the base structure comprising:
- a square tubular shaft with a square first end and an angled second end;
- a base portion secured to the square tubular shaft, the base portion having two arms shorter than a length of a body extending between the two arms;
- wheel support brackets, each wheel support bracket comprising a first end secured to the base portion, and a second end;
- wherein the base portion and the wheel support brackets form a pocket;
- a cutting blade secured to the base portion of the base structure adjacent to the first ends of the wheel support brackets and inside the pocket formed by the base portion and the wheel support brackets, the cutting blade being U-shaped with two cutting edges beveled at a 45 degree angle;
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- a wheel secured to the second ends of the wheel support brackets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.