Patent ID: 6513846
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: A01B,B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
A length-adjustable ground-working tool comprising:a ground-working member; a handle assembly including a first tubular member being attached to said ground-working member and also including a second tubular member being telescopingly connected to said first tubular member, and further including a handle member being mounted to an end of said second tubular member, said first tubular member having one or more holes being disposed through a wall thereof, and said second tubular member having one or more holes being disposed through a wall thereof, said second tubular member being telescopingly received in said first tubular member through a top end thereof; and a fastening assembly including first and second bracket members for securely fastening said first and second tubular members together, each of said first and second bracket members including an arcuate central portion extending from a top edge to a bottom edge thereof, and also including planar wing portions having holes disposed therethrough, said fastening assembly further including fasteners for fastening said wing portions of said first bracket member to said wing portions of said second bracket member, and also including a spring member being disposed about one of said fasteners and between said first and second bracket members, and further including a pin member being removably disposed in any of said holes of said first and second tubular members for securing said first and second tubular members together.