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US 8,708,057 B2Granted
Scuffle hoe and multipurpose garden tool
OwnerGloria Jean Schultzinventor
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Abstract
The tool is an optimized scuffle hoe that maximizes the efforts of the user in forward and backward motion, and that provides the functions of multiple garden tools, all-in-one. The tool includes a V-shaped head portion having an open interior with blades that are sharpened on both inside and outside. The V-shaped head is connected to a handle portion by curved arms that are free of 90 degree bends.
Claims16
A scuffle hoe comprising:
- a handle portion;
- a head with a blade portion, the blade portion including a beveled, double sided V-shaped blade sharpened on both the inside and outside edges and having an open V-shaped interior to allow push and pull scuffle motion of the blade portion by application of force on the handle portion;
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- arm portions to connect the blade portion to the handle portion, each arm portion curved and rounded between the blade portion and the handle portion to transfer force applied at the handle portion generated by the scuffle motion directly to the blade portion without introducing stress points from right-angles in the arms between the head and the handle portion, each arm portion including a curved twist to connect the respective arm portion to the blade portion, and extending in a continuous curve without straight edges from the twist up to an upper part of the arm portion that connects to the handle portion.
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An apparatus comprising
- a tool portion including first and second legs extending from an apex at approximately a 90 degree angle,
- wherein the first and second legs form
- a blade portion including a V-shaped blade sharpened on both the inside and outside edges with an open V-shaped interior to allow push and pull scuffle motion of the blade portion by application of force on a handle connected to the tool portion, and
- arm portions extending up from a plane of the blade portion, the arm portions to connect to the handle, the arm portions formed by ends of the first and second legs curved toward each other to attach to the handle, the arm portions to transfer force applied to the handle generated by the scuffle motion directly to the blade portion without introducing stress points from right-angles in the arms between the handle and the tool portion, each arm portion including a curved twist to connect the respective arm portion to the blade portion, and extending in a continuous curve without straight edges from the twist up to an upper part of the arm portion that connects to the handle and without right angles along the arm portion from the blade portion up to the upper part that connects to the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.