Patent ID: 6062320
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A01B,A01C,E21B

Abstract:
A planting and post hole tool having a shaft extending along an axis and a shovel, the improvement in which:said shovel includes a first component secured to said shaft and a second component extending from said first component;said first component has a generally symmetrically-shaped arched configuration and an axis that is coaxial with said shaft axis to define a coaxial axis of rotation for said arched configuration for enabling cutting of soil; andsaid second component is generally symmetrically configured and is connected to said first component at an angle to form, with the arched configuration of said first component, a generally symmetrically shaped retainer to hold cut soil,said symmetrical configurations permitting the cutting and holding of the soil regardless of whether said shovel is rotated in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.