Patent ID: 7798545

Claim:
A post hole digger comprising: a first handle assembly having an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a lower end; a second handle assembly having an upper end, an upper portion, a lower portion, and a lower end; said first handle assembly pivotally coupled to said second handle assembly at a first, traverse pivot point, said first, traverse pivot point disposed on said first handle assembly handle member lower section and said second handle assembly handle member lower section; a blade assembly having a first blade sub-assembly and a second blade sub-assembly; said first blade sub-assembly pivotally coupled to said first handle assembly, said first blade sub-assembly having an elongated blade portion having an upper end and a lower end; said second blade sub-assembly pivotally coupled to said second handle assembly, said second blade sub-assembly having an elongated blade portion having an upper end and a lower end; said first blade sub-assembly and said second blade sub-assembly coupled together at a blade assembly pivot point, said blade assembly pivot point disposed on said first blade sub-assembly blade portion upper end and said second blade sub-assembly blade portion upper end; a central longitudinal axis extending through said traverse, first pivot point and said blade assembly pivot point; said first handle assembly and said second handle assembly are structured to pivot relative to each other between a first position, wherein said first handle assembly upper end and said second handle assembly upper end adjacent to each other and a second position wherein said first handle assembly upper end and said second handle assembly upper end are generally spaced from each other; and said first blade sub-assembly and said second blade sub-assembly being structured to pivot relative to each other between a first, open position and a second, closed position, and wherein when said first handle assembly and said second handle assembly are in said first position, said first blade sub-assembly and said second blade sub-assembly are in said first, open position, and, when said first handle assembly and said second handle assembly are in said second position, said first blade sub-assembly and said second blade sub-assembly are in said second, closed position.