Patent ID: 6925791
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A hand-operated gatherer comprising: a shaft having a first end and a second end; a basket tool assembly having a frame member, a pair of doors biased in closed position, and a gatherer head comprised of wire bails, the frame member attached at the first end of the shaft and each of the doors pivotally hinged to the frame member and presenting a lowermost edge at the lower end of the basket tool assembly in which each lowermost edge is proximal to the ground when the gatherer is in use, the edges being coplanar and separated intermediately by the gatherer head to define a storage component; a handle assembly attached at the second end of the shaft, the handle assembly having a grip attached to the shaft and a trigger pivotally attached to the grip in movable relation to the handle; and a control linkage attached to at least one of the doors and running lengthwise along said shaft to the handle assembly and attached at the handle assembly to the trigger, whereby the trigger is finger actuated to pull the control linkage and open said at least one of the doors that are attached to the control linkage.