Patent ID: 7021395

Claim:
An attachment for a garden hoe, said attachment providing (i) a movable cutter blade having a shock absorber for absorbing shock when the weeder cutting blade impacts the ground, and (ii) an enclosure for preventing grass and weeds from clogging said shock absorber, said attachment comprising: a pair of juxtaposed substantially U-shaped channel members, one of said U-shaped channel members providing a hoe blade attachment comprising two end segments formed by cutting a side of said U-shaped channel and bending said segments through approximately 270° to juxtapose said segments with the center section of said U-shaped channel member to form hoe blade receiving slots attachable to the blade of said garden hoe, the other of said U-shaped channel members providing a support member for said weeder cutting blade, said cutting blade being detachably mounted to the outside of the center section of the said other U-shaped channel member, said shock absorber comprising two coil springs located between an inner face of one of said channels and an inner face of the other of said channels, said shock absorber enabling said cutting blade to float up, down, and differentially with respect to the U-shaped channel attachable to said garden hoe blade, and said channels substantially enclosing said springs and providing said enclosure for preventing grass and weeds from clogging said springs.