Patent ID: 7059421

Claim:
A weed extraction tool, comprising; an elongated handle including at a lower end thereof a threaded receptacle aligned co-axially with the handle; a prong assembly, comprising a rod having at a lower end thereof a plurality of prongs, a threaded portion of the rod at an upper end thereof adapted to cooperate with the threaded receptacle of the elongated handle, and a pivot pin holder fixed between the upper and lower ends of the rod and mounted transversely to the axis of the rod, the pivot pin holder adapted for holding a pivot pin; a step assembly, comprising a step portion at one end thereof, a plurality of fingers at another end thereof, an opening in a top side thereof between the one and another ends thereof for receiving the rod of the prong assembly therethrough, and an opening in a side thereof between the one and another ends thereof for holding the pivot pin; whereby, with the rod of the prong assembly positioned through the opening in the top side of the step assembly, the pivot pin may be inserted through the openings in one of the sides of the step assembly, through the pivot pin holder of the prong assembly, through the other of the sides of the step assembly, and retained with a cotter pin, such that the prong assembly is pivotably retained by the prong assembly, the threaded portion of the rod engaged in the threaded receptacle of the handle with the rod and the handle aligned co-axially.