Patent ID: 7836557

Claim:
An ergonomic garden trowel, comprising: an arc-shaped handle having a proximal section configured for gripping by a user and a distal end attached to a trowel blade; the handle being curved in a plane that bisects the blade into symmetrically opposing sides, the sides curving upwardly to form a scoop portion having a lower surface; the lower surface of the scoop portion being tangent to a plane along multiple points defining a straight line, the plane tangent to the scoop portion further being perpendicular to the plane defined by the handle; and wherein the handle curves upwardly away from the blade and above the plane of the scoop portion, then downwardly past and below the plane of the scoop portion, enabling a user to grip the proximal section of the handle in a wrist-neutral position with the user's forearm in general alignment with the trowel blade.