Patent ID: 6439630
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A01B,B25H

Abstract:
A garden implement system comprising:a two-part, hingedly connected, foam-lined container with two foam liner members provided therein; a garden trowel; a number of garden implement heads including a shovel head, a hoe head, and a rake head; and a telescoping handle having a bottom end that is securable to an attachment fitting provided on the shovel head, the hoe head, and the rake head; the foam lined container including two half-tubular handle gripping structures, attached to adjacent side edges of the two-part foam lined container, and two container handle sections each provided atop one of the two half-tubular handle gripping structures such that when the two-part foam lined container is in the closed position, the two half-tubular handle gripping structures are positioned adjacent to each other in a manner to form a tubular handle gripping assembly and the two container handle sections are positioned together to form a carrying handle for the two-part foam lined container; one of the foam liner members having shaped cavities provided therein for receiving therein the shovel head, the garden trowel and the hoe head; the two container handle sections each including a padlock plate having a lock hole provided therethrough such that when the two container handle sections are positioned next to each other, a padlock may be passed through the lock holes of the padlock plates to lock the two-part foam lined container in the closed position and the telescoping handle between the two half-tubular handle gripping structures.