Patent ID: 8196982
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A sod handling device to provide for a user of the device to engage, to transport and to release a piece of sod all while the piece of sod is in a generally natural horizontal orientation, the piece of sod having an upper surface and a base layer, the upper surface of the piece of sod having grass thereat, the base layer of the piece of sod generally formed by soil and roots from the grass therein, the sod handling device comprising: a) a handle to permit the user to carry the sod handling device about; b) a plurality of sod penetration members, each sod penetration member having a neutral orientation and a sod engagement orientation generally at opposing ends of a movement range; c) engagement means to provide for an engaging displacement of the plurality of sod penetration members generally from their respective neutral orientations to their respective sod engagement orientations subsequent to a placement of the sod handling device relative to the piece of sod wherein the sod penetration members penetrate and engage the piece of sod through the grass of the upper surface and into the base layer to secure the piece of sod relative to the sod handling device; d) release means to provide for a releasing displacement of the plurality of sod penetration members generally from their respective sod engagement orientations to their respective neutral orientations wherein the sod penetration members disengage from the piece of sod to release the piece of sod from the sod handling device.