Patent ID: 8549758

Claim:
A gardening tool including a tool body having a support rod and a blade attached to the support rod, a protector for covering the blade, and a coupling device for coupling the protector to the tool body, the coupling device comprising: a coupling member movable in a coupling direction for coupling the protector to the tool body, and a removal preventing device provided at the protector and capable of restricting movement of the coupling member in a direction opposite to the coupling direction when the coupling member does not couple the protector to the tool body, wherein the protector includes a first member and a second member; the support rod has a mount flange; the coupling member couples the first and second members to each other with an intervention of the mount flange, so that the first and second members are coupled to the tool body; the first member has a receiving hole formed therein for receiving a part of the coupling member; and the removal preventing device is disposed at the receiving hole.