Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force – Single throw lever – Special engaging feature
Reexamination Certificate
2000-11-03
2001-09-18
Hail, III, Joseph J. (Department: 3723)
Implements or apparatus for applying pushing or pulling force
Single throw lever
Special engaging feature
C254S131500, C254S131000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06290211
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to gardening tools and more particularly pertains to a new gardening tool for pulling weeds and other digging work.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of gardening tools is known in the prior art. More specifically, gardening tools heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 4,822,088; U.S. Pat. No. 5,615,451; U.S. Pat. No. 4,180,289; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 300,760; U.S. Pat. No. 3,061,270; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,152,788.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new gardening tool. The inventive device includes a rod. The rod is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end has a well extending therein. The rod has a hole extending therethrough. The hole is positioned generally adjacent to the first end and extending through the well. At least one head has a first portion securely coupled to a second portion. The first portion comprises a cylinder, which is removably extendable in the well. The cylinder has an opening extending therethrough and orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder. A first of the heads has a second portion comprises a plate. The plate generally is in a plane orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis. A free end of the plate extends outwardly away from the first portion. Each of a plurality of spikes is integrally coupled to and extends away from the free end of the plate. A fastener for removably fastening the head to the rod is extended through the hole in the shaft and through the opening in the first portion when the first portion is extended into the well.
In these respects, the gardening tool according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of pulling weeds and other digging work.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of gardening tools now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new gardening tool construction wherein the same can be utilized for pulling weeds and other digging work.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new gardening tool apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gardening tools mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new gardening tool which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gardening tools, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a rod. The rod is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end has a well extending therein. The rod has a hole extending therethrough. The hole is positioned generally adjacent to the first end and extending through the well. At least one head has a first portion securely coupled to a second portion. The first portion comprises a cylinder, which is removably extendable in the well. The cylinder has an opening extending therethrough and orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder. A first of the heads has a second portion comprises a plate. The plate generally is in a plane orientated parallel to the longitudinal axis. A free end of the plate extends outwardly away from the first portion. Each of a plurality of spikes is integrally coupled to and extends away from the free end of the plate. A fastener for removably fastening the head to the rod is extended through the hole in the shaft and through the opening in the first portion when the first portion is extended into the well.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new gardening tool apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the gardening tools mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new gardening tool which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art gardening tools, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new gardening tool which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new gardening tool which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new gardening tool which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such gardening tool economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new gardening tool which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new gardening tool for pulling weeds and other digging work.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new gardening tool which includes a rod. The rod is elongate and has a first end and a second end. The first end has a well extending therein. The rod has a hole extending therethrough. The hole is positioned generally adjacent to the first end and extending through the well. At least one head has a first portion securely coupled to a second portion. The first portion comprises a cylinder, which is removably extendable in the well. The cylinder has an opening extending therethrough and orientated generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cylinder. A f
Hail III Joseph J.
Wilson Lee
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