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US 9,215,842 B2Granted
Adjustable modular tine muck and garden rake
AssigneeNoble Rider, LLC
InventorMatthew Edward Chrostowski
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Abstract
The present invention relates primarily to an improvement in a mucking rake that can also be adapted for landscaping use. The invention possesses parallel replaceable tines that are spaced apart at variable distances through the use of individual modular tines and/or spacers. The tines can also be manufactured in a wavy shape to enable the debris to be sifted and collected onto the rake without having to dispose of the debris each time debris is sifted and collected.
Claims20
A modular toolset for agriculture and landscape work, comprising:
- a handle having upper and lower ends, with a grip near the upper end,
- a bar secured to the lower end of the handle and having a length oriented perpendicular to the handle,
- the bar including a modular elongated rail having a specific non-circular elongated cross-sectional shape extending laterally, perpendicular to the handle to receive by laterally sliding motion working tool end components onto the bar in a manner firmly retaining a tool end on the bar, said non-circular cross-sectional shape resisting rotation of the tool end relative to the bar,
- a series of individual, separately formed modular tines making up a working tool end, the modular tines being slidable laterally on and retained on the modular rail in side-by-side relationship, laterally stacked together along the modular rail, each tine having an upper end or base end with a non-circular cross-sectional shape that is complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the modular rail so as to fit closely on the modular rail for secure and non-rotational connection on the rail while permitting lateral sliding, and the upper or base ends of the tines having a lateral width establishing a spacing between forwardly extending fingers of adjacent tines, and
- the finger of each tine including, at a similar position on each tine spaced down the finger and away from the upper or base end, interlinking means for linking the fingers along a lateral line parallel to the bar,
- whereby the tines are removable and replaceable, and a tine if broken can be removed from the bar and replaced.
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A modular toolset for agriculture and landscape work, comprising:
- a handle having upper and lower ends, for gripping by a user,
- a bar secured to the lower end of the handle and having a length oriented perpendicular to the handle,
- the bar including a modular elongated rail having a specific non-circular elongated cross-sectional shape extending laterally, perpendicular to the handle, to receive by laterally sliding motion working tool end components onto the bar in a manner firmly retaining a tool end on the bar, said non-circular cross-sectional shape resisting rotation of the tool end relative to the bar,
- a series of individual, separately formed modular tines making up a working tool end, the modular tines being individually slidable laterally on and retained on the modular rail in aligned relationship along the bar, each tine having an upper end or base end with a non-circular cross-sectional shape that is complementary to the cross-sectional shape of the modular rail so as to fit closely on the modular rail for secure and non-rotational connection on the rail while permitting lateral sliding, and the upper or base ends of the tines having a lateral width providing a separation between forwardly extending fingers of adjacent tines, and
- the finger of each tine including, at a similar position on each tine spaced down the finger and away from the upper or base end, releasable interlinking means for linking the fingers along a lateral line parallel to the bar,
- whereby the tines are removable and replaceable, and a tine if broken can be removed from the bar and replaced.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.