Patent ID: 8613326

Claim:
A weeding hand tool, comprising: a handle grip; a pedal; a main tubular member joining said handle grip at a first end thereof and a pedal at a second opposite end thereof; a finger head comprising coiled fingers arranged in a helix and an ejector rod mobile inside the helix, said ejector rod being mobile within a main shaft distinct from said main tubular member, the ejector rod supporting an ejector plate at a first end thereof; and an ejector arm connected to a second end of said ejector rod, said ejector arm and said ejector plate being mobile in translation relative to said main tubular member, the coiled fingers being secured at the end of the main shaft and said helix being mobile in rotation about said main shaft; wherein, when the tool is positioned generally vertically with free end tips of the coiled fingers on the ground, pushing down on at least one of said handle grip and said pedal causes said coiled fingers to rotated down into the soil, entrapping a weed beneath the soil as they penetrate the soil, and wherein when, by pulling up on said main tubular member, the coiled fingers are pulled out from the soil, with the weed entrapped in the helix they form, said unearthed entrapped weed is ejected from said helix by said ejector rod by pulling down on said ejector arm.