Patent ID: 7384084

Claim:
A handheld gardening tool comprising: a first member including a first end having a handle, a second end including a scoop and a crossbar disposed between the first and second ends; a mutually opposed second member including a first end having a handle, and a second end including a scoop and a cross bar disposed between the first and second ends; a pivot pin connecting said first and second members and provided between the first end and the second end of the first member, and between the first end and the second end of the second member; and a torsion spring coupled to said pivot pin and biased against said first and second members thereby forcing the scoops of said first and second members into a spaced apart, normally open position, when the scoops are in the normally open position, the scoops extending away from each other to define an acute angle; wherein at least one of said crossbars include a flange for limiting pivotal rotation.