Patent ID: 8079423
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A cultivating tool, comprising: an elongated handle having an upper end and a lower end; a narrow scraping blade disposed at said lower end of said handle, said scraping blade having a first end, a second end, a upper surface, a lower surface and one or more scraping edges; a mounting standard extending upwardly from said upper surface of said scraping blade disposed generally toward the center of said scraping blade with said first end and said second end of said scraping blade extending outwardly therefrom and defining a spaced area above each of said first end and said second end of said scraping blade; a blade assembly interconnecting said lower end of said handle and said scraping blade, said blade assembly comprising a handle securing means at said lower end of said handle for securing said blade assembly to said handle and one or more brace members interconnecting said mounting standard and said handle securing means; and pivoting means for pivoting said scraping blade relative to said handle, said pivoting means configured to allow said scraping blade to articulate relative to said handle during use of said cultivating tool, said pivoting means comprising a first connecting member received through a first mounting aperture in said mounting standard and a first brace aperture in each of said one or more brace members and a second connecting member received through a second mounting aperture in said mounting standard and through a second brace aperture in each of said one or more brace members, said first connecting member defining a pivoting point about which said mounting standard pivots relative to said one or more brace members, the ratio of the width of said second mounting aperture to the width of a shaft of said second connecting member being greater than the ratio of the width of said first mounting aperture to the width of a shaft of said first connecting member to allow articulating movement of said mounting standard about said pivoting point, wherein said scraping blade is supported at the lower end of said handle by said mounting standard with the spaced area above each of said first end and said second end of said scraping blade being unobstructed.