Patent ID: 7673698
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A01C

Abstract:
1. A gardening tool comprising: a hollow shaft member defined by a top end and a lower end; a rod member defined by a top end and a lower end; the rod member slidably engaged within the hollow shaft member; a gear assembly disposed atop the rod member and extending above the top end of the hollow shaft member; a compression means disposed at the lower end of the rod member within the lower end of the hollow shaft member; a handle assembly defined by a T-shape connector sandwiched between a left section and a right section; the T-connector disposed atop the hollow shaft member and securely coupled thereto in a perpendicular relation; a left lever situated below the left section of the handle assembly having an inner side cooperatively engaged with the gear assembly; a right lever situated below the right section of the handle assembly having an inner side cooperatively engaged with the gear assembly; a front guide support member and a back guide support member encapsulating the gear assembly; a left shovel aligned in a parallel relation with a right shovel; the left and right shovel each defined by an upper end and a lower end; a left hinge connected to the upper end of the left shovel; a right hinge connected to the upper end of the right shovel; the compression means cooperatively coupled to the left hinge and the right hinge wherein as the left lever and right lever are pulled upward the left shovel and right shovel contract towards each other; and as the left lever and right lever are released the left shovel and right shovel automatically retracts away from each other.