Patent ID: 8469422

Claim:
A method of extracting a weed comprising: a. providing a weed extraction device, comprising: i) a first lever configured to be held by user of said device; ii) a second lever configured to be held by user of said device; iii) a general axis configured to allow said levers to rotate; iv) a first jaw having a planar internal face and configured to rotate on said general axis; v) a second jaw having a planar internal face and configured to rotate on said general axis; vi) a jagged gripping surface formed on and extending across the entire interior face of said jaws; vii) a lever grip to be held by said user of said device; wherein said jaws can be rotated on said general axis away from each other, or toward each other, and wherein at least one jaw contains one or more debris passage extending through a central portion of the gripping surface where said debris passage passes debris away from the gripping surface; b. rotating said jaws away from each other; c. placing said jaws on each side of a weed for extraction; d. rotating said jaws toward each other to secure weed; and e. pulling said weed out of ground or other substance, thereby extracting said weed.