Patent ID: 7083001
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose garden implement comprising: a head with an upper and lower side, the lower constructed using tine thickness, spacing and length ratios of 1:3.5:66, both joined to the distal end of the handle at a 90-degree angle, and opposing each other at a 180-degree angle with; the lower side comprised of six, 1.8 mm thick by 12 cm long, tapering, stainless steel, parallel, tines, sharpened on one side and narrowly separated from each other by no more than 7 mm and no less than 6 mm along the entire length of the tine such that the ratio of tine thickness to tine separation is no less than 1:3 and no greater than 1:4 and the ratio of tine thickness to tine length falls in the range of 1:60 to 1:70 and; the upper side composed of two, 1.8 mm thick by 12 cm long, tapering, stainless steel, parallel tines, sharpened on one side, and narrowly separated by no less than 2 mm nor more than 3 mm along the entire length of the tine and; a stainless steel handle, which may vary in length from 12″ to 24″ depending on whether weeding is done standing, sitting or kneeling, rigidly attached to the head.