Patent ID: 6131381
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A01B,A01D

Abstract:
A lawn rake, comprising:(a) handle means for manipulation of said lawn rake in predetermined manners to effect a raking action;(b) cross head means connected to said handle means and serving as a support;(c) a plurality of tine means forming an array carried by said cross head means for coaction with a surface and or material disposed upon the surface when the lawn rake is effecting a raking action;(d) said cross head means including a tubular, elongated member having a plurality of pairs of apertures in spaced arrangement, each said pair of apertures of said plurality of pairs of apertures loosely positioning one said tine means of said plurality of tine means on said cross head means;(e) each said tine means of said plurality of tine means being composed of a resilient material, each said tine means including a ground engaging tip, and each said tine means having a looped bend distal said ground engaging tip for engaging the outside cylindrical surface of said member;(f) said apertures of each said pair of apertures of said plurality of pairs of apertures have clearance with respect to said tine means such that upon application of one or more predetermined forces on each of one or more said tine means during said raking action, said loose positioning results in lateral movement of each of said one or more tine means within the openings of the apertures of the respective said pair of apertures of each of said one or more tine means; and(g) each said pair of apertures of said plurality of pairs of apertures insertably receives said tine means, and each said tine means is individually removable.