Patent ID: 6123374
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A01B,A01C,E21B

Abstract:
A mini hole digger for digging holes in a variety of depths and sizes with ease of use and practicality comprising, in combination:a wooden handle having an upper surface and a lower surface, a metal hook is secured to a middle portion of the lower surface;two metal shafts, each of the two metal shafts having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate extent therebetween, the first end of each of the two metal shafts secured to the lower surface of the wooden handle inward of an end portion thereof;a foot lever having an upper surface and a lower surface, the foot lever having two apertures formed therethrough, the upper surface having a metal hook secured thereto between the two apertures formed therethrough, a securement aperture formed in the lower surface between the two apertures formed therethrough, the two apertures slidably receiving the two metal shafts therethrough, the two apertures functioning to allow the foot lever to slide up and down along the intermediate extent of each of the two metal shafts;a spring hav ing a first end and a second end, the first end secured to the metal hook of the wooden handle, the second end secured to the metal hook of the foot lever;a digger housing having a closed first end, an open second end, an intermediate extent therebetween, and a hollow interior, the closed first end having an aperture formed therethrough, the closed first end secured to the second end of each of the two metal shafts outward of the aperture formed therethrough, the open second end having a plurality of jagged edges integral therewith, the intermediate extent having a plurality of markings on one side thereof, the markings functioning to indicate depth to the user; anda metal rod having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate extent therebetween, the metal rod received within the hollow interior of the digger housing, the first end secured to the securement aperture of the foot lever through the aperture formed through the closed first end of the digger housing, the second end having a push plate secured thereto.