Patent ID: 6178731
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A garden tool comprising, in combination:a head including a first side extent and a second side extent, each of the side extents having a substantially planar configuration defined by a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges, the side edges being oriented substantially parallel to each other and the end edges being oriented substantially parallel to each other, the end edges being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the side edges, the head further having a central extent with a substantially planar rhomboid configuration defined by a pair of elongated side edges and a pair of short end edges, wherein a first one of the side edges of the central extent is integrally coupled to one of the side edges of the first side extent such that the first side extent lies in a plane that forms a 120 degree angle with a plane in which the central extent lies, wherein one of the side edges of the second side extent is integrally coupled to a second one of the side edges of the central extent such that the second side extent lies in a plane that forms a 120 degree angle with a plane in which the central extent lies, the plane of the first side extent being oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the second side extent;said first side extent of the head further including an upturned portion adjacent to one of the end edges and separated from the central extent of the head, the upturned portion having a width of about 1/2 of a width of the first side extent of the head, and the first side extent having an outer terminal edge that is sharpened and that has a first linear portion and a second beveled portion;wherein one of the end edges of the second side extent of the head has a tapered configuration;a grip for gripping by a hand of a user for permitting manipulation of the head by the use in a crouch position, the grip having an inverted U-shaped configuration having a pair of ends coupled to a top surface of the first side extent of the head adjacent to the central extent of the head, wherein the grip lies within a plane positioned in perpendicular relationship with that in which the first side extent of the head resides:a handle rod mount including a substantially conical socket having a tapered end integrally coupled to one of the ends of the grip and extending therefrom away from the extension of the first side extent of the head and in coplanar relationship with the grip at an angle of about 30 degrees with respect to the plane in which the first side extent of the head resides, the handle rod mount having a pair of bores formed therein for removably coupling a handle rod therein in coaxial relationship therewith; anda handle rod for removably coupling to the handle rod mount for permitting manipulation of the head by the user in a standing position.