Patent ID: 6966269

Claim:
A multi-purpose garden tool adapted for pruning, dibbling and transplanting wherein, the garden tool comprises a pair of blade assemblies pivotally connected to one another wherein, each blade assembly includes a handle portion, a shank portion and a contoured blade portion having a rear face which are generally aligned relative to one another and the blade portion further has a front face wherein the blade portions are mirror images of one another and each blade portion defines one-half of a substantially continuous hollow frusto-conical configuration which terminates at its lower end in a generally flat circular configuration; and wherein, the front face of each blade portion has an upper edge that is angled away from the engageable vertical edges of each front edge wherein, the upper angled edges define a notch when the front vertical edges are joined together wherein, at least a substantial portion of the rear vertical edge of each blade portion is sharpened and adapted to engage the opposing blade portion along their respective lengths such that when the sharpened rear blade edges are joined together they are adapted to sever the stem of a flower; and wherein, the notch in the upper end of the the front blade edges are adapted to receive the remaining portion of the stem bearing the flower.