Patent ID: 6959768
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: A01B,B66F

Abstract:
1. A manually-operated weed plucker for removing a weed and its root system comprising: an elongated handle having a top and a bottom end and a substantially linear body; a blade having an upper flat portion and a lower pair of tines for grabbing and lifting the weed and its root system, wherein the upper flat portion is attached to the bottom end of the elongated handle and is aligned with the substantially linear body of the handle and the lower pair of tines connects with the upper flat portion about an obtuse angle so that when the handle is held in a vertical orientation the upper flat portion of the blade is held in a vertical orientation and the lower pair of tines is held at an angle thereto; a step, formed separately from but connected with the blade, having an inner flat portion and an exterior fulcrum member having a center point, wherein the inner flat portion extends from the bottom end of the elongated handle at a substantially right angle thereto and the exterior fulcrum member attaches at the outermost end of the step and is substantially wider than the inner flat portion of the step and substantially wider than the blade so that when the blade is placed on a portion of ground adjacent the weed, pressing down upon the step forces the blade into the ground until the entire step rests upon the ground and so that when the handle is pulled in a backward direction the blade pivots about the center point of the fulcrum member and lifts a portion of the ground including the root system while leaving the portion of the ground below the fulcrum member in tact.