Patent ID: 6526737
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A01D,Y10S

Abstract:
In combination:a garden rake comprising a handle portion, a head bar and a plurality of inwardly curved teeth extending downwardly from the head bar; and an attachment comprising: an elongated, generally rectangular, transversely curved blade, the blade comprising a first segment of a piece of pipe, the first segment comprising a concave face and a convex face, the first segment being placed with its concave face adjacent the inwardly curved exterior surfaces of the teeth of the garden rake, the pipe being of a diameter selected whereby the concave and convex faces of the first segment are compatibly curved with the curved teeth of the garden rake, the first segment having a transverse circumferential dimension greater than the length of the teeth of the garden rake, whereby an edge of the first segment extends outwardly of the teeth of the garden rake, the first segment having a longitudinal dimension greater than the length of the head bar of the rake, the first segment being provided with a plurality of apertures spaced apart a desired distance along its length, a plurality of washers corresponding to the plurality of apertures disposed in the first segment, each of the washers comprising a second segment of the piece of said pipe, each of the washers having a concave face and a convex face, each of the washers being smaller in longitudinal and transverse dimension than the first segment of the length of pipe, each of the washers being adapted to be placed with its convex face adjacent the interior surfaces of the inwardly curved teeth of the garden rake, each of the washers being compatibly curved in the transverse circumferential direction with the teeth of the garden rake and the first segment of the length of pipe, each of the washers being provided with an aperture disposed generally centrally thereof;, and a fastener for each of the washers, the fasteners being adapted to retain the teeth of the garden rake securely sandwiched between the washers and the blade, each of the fasteners comprising a threaded bolt and a nut, each of the bolts being adapted to pass through the aperture in the respective washer and the corresponding aperture in the blade, thereby removably to retain the blade securely in contact with the inwardly curved exterior surfaces of the teeth of the garden rake.