Patent Publication Number: US-2019183025-A1

Title: Weed Removal System

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to weeding devices and more particularly pertains to a new weeding device for removing weeds with a rake. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rake that is manipulated for raking debris on ground. The rake has a handle and a head and a tube is removably coupled to the rake. A poker is removably coupled to the tube such that the poker extends beyond the head. The poker selectively penetrates the ground adjacent to a weed thereby facilitating the weed to be pried out of the ground. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a poker and a tube of a weed removal system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of a poker and a tube of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of a tube of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross sectional view taken along line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 4  of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new weeding device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the weed removal system  10  generally comprises a rake  12  that is selectively manipulated for raking debris on ground. The rake  12  has a handle  14  and a head  16  and the rake  12  may be a yard rake  12  of any conventional design. A tube  18  is provided and the tube  18  is removably coupled to the rake  12 . The tube  18  has a first end  20 , a second end  22  and an outer wall  24  extending therebetween and the outer wall  24  has a top side  26  and a bottom side  28 . 
     The bottom side  28  has a pair of first apertures  30  extending into an interior of the tube  18  and the first apertures  30  are spaced apart from each other. The tube  18  is positioned on the handle  14  having the bottom side  28  lying on the handle  14  and having the tube  18  being oriented collinear with the handle  14 . Moreover, the tube  18  is positioned adjacent to the head  16 . The top side  26  has a pair of second apertures  32  extending into the interior of the tube  18  and each of the second apertures  32  is aligned with an associated one of the first apertures  30 . Each of the second apertures  32  has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the first apertures  30 . The top side  26  has a third aperture  34  extending into the interior of the tube  18  and the third aperture  34  is centrally positioned between the second apertures  32 . 
     A pair of screws  36  is provided and each of the screws  36  is extended through an associated one of the first apertures  30  and engages the handle  14  to retain the tube  18  on the rake  12 . A screwdriver or other elongated tool is selectively extended through each of the second apertures  32  for tightening the screws  36 . Each of the screws  36  may be wood screws  36  or other screws  36  corresponding to a material of the handle  14 . 
     A poker  38  is provided and the poker  38  is removably coupled to the rake  12 . The poker  38  extends beyond the head  16 . Thus, the rake  12  is selectively manipulated to facilitate the poker  38  to penetrate the ground adjacent to a weed. In this way poker  38  may pry the weed out of the ground. The poker  38  has a first end  40  and a second end  42  and the poker  38  is elongated between the first end  40  and the second end  42 . The first end  40  of the poker  38  has a slot  44  extending toward the second end  42  of the poker  38  and the weed positioned in the slot  44  when the poker  38  is manipulated to penetrate the ground. The poker  38  is slid ably positioned in the tube  18  such that the poker  38  extends beyond the head  16  thereby facilitating the first end  40  of the poker  38  to penetrate the ground. 
     A nut  46  is provided and the nut  46  is coupled to the top side  26  of the tube  18 . The nut  46  is aligned with the third aperture  34  in the tube  18 . A bolt  48  is provided and the bolt  48  thread ably engages the nut  46 . The bolt  48  frictionally engages the poker  38  when the bolt  48  is tightened to retain the poker  38  in the tube  18 . The bolt  48  may be a thumb screw or other threaded fastener. 
     In use, the tube  18  is coupled to the handle  14  of the rake  12  at a selected point along the handle  14 . The poker  38  is slid ably inserted into the tube  18  and the poker  38  is manipulated to facilitate the poker  38  to extend a selected distance beyond the head  16  of the rake  12 . The bolt  48  is tightened to retain the poker  38  in the tube  18 . The rake  12  is manipulated to facilitate the poker  38  to penetrate the ground next to a weed. The rake  12  is urged downwardly thereby facilitating the poker  38  to pry the weed upwardly out of the ground. In this way the weed is removed from the ground without requiring bending over. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.