Patent ID: 8046981
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: A01B,E02F

Abstract:
1. A rotary tool for spreading a pile of mulch; said tool comprising: a body having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the body is substantially circular when viewed from the top and is convex in cross-sectional shape; wherein the upper surface has a peripheral edge disposed a radial distance away from a center axis of the body and the body is rotatable about the center axis; and wherein an annular region of the peripheral edge curves inwardly for a short distance beneath the lower surface of the body to form an annular seat between the lower surface and the annular region; a plurality of apertures defined in the upper surface adjacent the peripheral edge; a plurality of flexible fingers, each finger being individually detachably engaged in one of the apertures such that a first end of the finger is received in the aperture and the finger extends radially outwardly from the aperture and beyond the peripheral edge of the body terminating in a second end; and wherein the second ends of the plurality of fingers are positioned a distance beneath the lower surface of the body; and wherein the body and the fingers engage and spread mulch outwardly from the pile in a 360-degree-spread pattern when the body is rotated.