Patent ID: 9655310
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A01G,Y02A

Claim:
1. A tool for installing irrigation drip line couplers into a main drip line conduit, the drip line couplers of the type having a first male end which is inserted into the main drip line, a second male end for insertion into an end of an irrigation drip line, and a shoulder member intermediate of the first end and the second end, the shoulder member having an external diameter, the tool comprising: a handle member having a first planar surface; an intermediate section depending from the handle member, the intermediate section having a first end adjacent to the handle member and a second end distal from the handle member, the intermediate section having a second planar surface approximately perpendicular to the first planar surface, wherein a central axis is defined within the second planar surface along an approximate longitudinal center of the intermediate section; a head disposed at the second end, the head having a third planar surface approximately perpendicular to the second planar surface, wherein the head comprises a first leg member and a second leg member, wherein a slot is defined between the first leg member and the second leg member, wherein the slot has a width smaller than the external diameter; and a needle member extending outwardly from the intermediate section, where the needle member defines a long axis parallel to the third planar surface and the long axis is offset from the central axis, the outwardly extending needle member having a pointed tip having a diameter smaller than the first male end of the drip line coupler.