Patent ID: 7686277

Claim:
In combination, a garden implement and a tool support apparatus, the garden implement comprising: an elongate handle having a first end and a second end, the elongate handle having a longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end; and a tool head attached to the first end of the elongate handle; and the tool support apparatus comprising: a body; the body having means for securing the body to the elongate handle toward the first end of the elongate handle; a ground piercing member pivotally secured to the body by a pivot allowing substantially 180 degrees of pivotal movement between an operative position and a stored position, in the operative position the ground piercing member being oriented substantially parallel to the elongate handle and protruding past the tool head of the elongate handle such that the ground piercing member can be inserted into the ground to support the garden implement in a substantially upright orientation and in the stored position the ground piercing member being oriented substantially parallel to the elongate handle so as not to interfere with the normal usage of the tool head; and the body having means for locking the ground piercing member in a selected one of the pivotal positions, wherein the body has pairs of aligned attachment holes defining more than one mounting position spaced at intervals in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongate handle for the ground piercing member, thereby accommodating installation requirements of varying tool head configurations.