201 |
Adjustable garden tool apparatus |
US774481 |
1996-12-30 |
US5727828A |
1998-03-17 |
Richard Jones |
An adjustable garden tool apparatus having a pair of independently adjustable telescoping handle members 20 which are selectively and pivotally connected to one another at a variety of locations 27. At least one of the handle members 20 is provided with a fluid delivery system 60 and the bottoms of the handle members 20 are adapted to receive a plurality of diverse tool head elements 80. |
202 |
Agricultural agitator |
US743942 |
1996-11-05 |
US5716132A |
1998-02-10 |
Hwei-rung Chou |
An agricultural agitator used for disturbing matter such as compost includes a rod, a handle mounted on a top end of the rod, a first flat section formed at a middle portion thereof and a second flat section formed at a bottom end thereof. The second flat section is perpendicular to the first flat section and has a sharp tip at the bottom thereof. Two pairs of blades are respectively and pivotedly mounted on opposite sides of each of the first and second flat sections. Each blade resembles a tongue with a broad flat first end and a second end formed as two upright lugs. |
203 |
Ergonomic handle grip for tools |
US382694 |
1995-02-02 |
US5606772A |
1997-03-04 |
Dragan Ilic |
The present invention features a universal primary hand grip device for use with tools and utensils. The primary hand grip has multiple angles by which the hand can grip the shaft of a tool or utensil, thus making the grip ergonomically efficient. When used in combination with a secondary cross-handle, a tool or utensil can become quite easy to use and comfortable to operate. The primary hand grip device of this invention has a grip that slides over, or is made integral with, the end of the shaft of a tool or utensil. The hand grip has a multiply-angled surface, in which the primary hand can assume a substantially straight-angled position (180.degree. angle) with respect to the axis of the wrist. The correct hand position varies with each tool and with each work surface. The proper grip angle for a particular task allows the hand to maintain a straight angle with respect to the wrist axis, while also imparting the driving force of the arm into the shaft of the tool. |
204 |
Tool Handle |
US248691 |
1994-05-25 |
US5520430A |
1996-05-28 |
Franklin T. Clark, Jr. |
A one-piece injection molded tool handle having a body with a tang end for attaching to a tool and a handle end with a D-handle molded to the body. The body has a hollow defined by an inside generally frustoconical surface extending from the tang end outwardly to the handle end and diverges outwardly at an angle of about 1/2.degree.. The outside surface of the body is defined by a first outside generally frustoconical surface extending from the tang end and diverges downwardly and outwardly at an angle of about 3/4.degree. toward the handle end. A second outside surface extends from the first frustoconical outside surface to the handle end and diverges outwardly at an angle of about 1/4 degree. The frustoconical surfaces result in the wall of the handle being thickest at an intermediate part of the handle. A cylindrical tool receiving extension is integrally attached to the tang end of the handle body. The D-shaped handle is offset from an extension of the walls defining the frustoconical surface by about two inches. |
205 |
Dry granular fertilizer root feeder |
US36919 |
1993-03-25 |
US5503090A |
1996-04-02 |
Donald A. Guzan |
A portable fertilizer root feeder for fertilizing plants which fertilizer root feeder operates on the principle of gravity and positioning of an applicator tube in order to regulate the flow of the fertilizer. The fertilizer root feeder includes a portable tank with a hose extension, a frame which supports the tank and which tank may be strapped to an operator's back for transport of the tank and a T-stake for making a hole in an area about plant roots such that the hose extension may be placed within the hole to deposit fertilizer. The invention operates without any mechanical parts and operates based on the principles of gravity. |
206 |
Auxiliary Shaft having a ball-shaped end releasably mounted in a
two-part sleeve, for hand tools |
US326340 |
1994-10-20 |
US5474350A |
1995-12-12 |
Serge Gauthier |
A three-part auxiliary shaft assembly to be mounted along a hand-tool shaft, comprises a two-part sleeve and an auxiliary shaft which is ball-shaped at one end. The sleeve has a top, a bottom and a symmetrical axis running from top to bottom, and is cut in half along the symmetrical axis to define the two parts of the two-part sleeve. Each part has an inner hemi-housing parallel to the symmetrical axis of the sleeve, and running from the top to the bottom of the sleeve for tight-fitting half the cross-section of a portion of a hand-tool shaft. Near the top away from the inner hemi-housing, a second inner hemi-housing for half the ball-shaped end of the auxiliary shaft has an opening at the top, shorter than the diameter of the ball-shaped end of the auxiliary shaft. When the two parts of the sleeve are assembled, a housing is provided for the ball-shaped end of the auxiliary shaft, as well as a housing for the portion of a hand-tool shaft. These two parts are held with bolts positioned away from the opening at the top, so that over a certain pulling tension of the auxiliary shaft, it is releasable from its housing. |
207 |
Ground thaw apparatus |
US251028 |
1994-05-31 |
US5441038A |
1995-08-15 |
Bruce Ohmann |
The invention is a highly portable ground defrosting device that has a manually portable housing which includes a sidewall, a roof connected to the side wall and an open bottom. The side wall and roof each have a coefficient of thermal conductivity of less than about 0.6 BTU-in/hr-ft.sup.2 -.degree. F. at 400.degree. F., and the side wall and roof together define an enclosed heating chamber. At least one port extends through the side wall for receiving a removable burner which substantially occupies and is exhausted through the one port so that the chamber is substantially airtight as the apparatus rests on the ground. |
208 |
Device for the gathering and lifting of debris |
US668023 |
1991-03-12 |
US5114199A |
1992-05-19 |
William L. Newcomer |
A device for the gathering and lifting of debris. A first blade disposed on a first pivot arm is pivotally connected to a second blade disposed on a second pivot arm. The blades are movable between an open position and a closed position. Each pivot arm includes a vertical lower extension, a middle elongated arm secured to the lower extension at a lower elbow, and an upper extension secured to the middle arm by an upper elbow. the upper elbow is grasped by the hand of the user, whereupon the upper extension will be located under and in contact with the forearm of the user. When the device is in its closed position, the rearward lower edges of the blades contact one another, while a gap is formed between the forward lower edges of the blades. The device is free standing when in the open position. |
209 |
Survival device |
US488175 |
1990-03-05 |
US5063628A |
1991-11-12 |
Larry E. Campbell |
The survival device is useful as a trenching tool, storage container, cooking and eating utensil, shoe horn, spade, hoe, grappling device, spear head, and the like. It includes an elongated hollow, tubular body with a detachable head bearing an elongated shallow dish-shaped blade. The blade is pivotably connected thereto for movement between a resting position along the side of the tubular body, an intermediate lockable position extending laterally 90.degree. from the tubular body and a fully extended lockable position projecting forwardly of the tubular body in line with the length thereof. A locking plate interconnects the blade and head and is pivoted over a cross bar in the head. The locking plate has spaced notches in its periphery engageable with a cross pin to hold the plate and blade in the desired position. A locking ring may also be provided around the head. The tubular body may be split longitudinally and provided with a slip tightening ring so that the tubular body can be releasably secured over the end of a stick to use as a spear or knife. The head can be removed and replaced by a fish filet knife blade. The rear end of the tubular body can be threaded to receive additional storage tubes. The device is light weight, durable and efficient. |
210 |
Gardening tool |
US341782 |
1989-04-21 |
US4953347A |
1990-09-04 |
Todd R. Siegfried |
An improved gardening tool includes two shovel-like members attached centrally whereby they may be used cooperatively to pick up debris of varying size and weight. Each shovel-like member is comprised of a rectangular blade attached to a cylindrical handle. The handle of one member is attached to the handle of the other by a bolt around which members are free to pivot. By moving the handles together in a scissor-like manner, a gardener can use blades to grasp and compress debris. The continuous straight edge of the blades allow a gardener to pick-up fine as well as coarse debris. Gardener can then move the debris to desired location and release by separating handles. |
211 |
Shovel-like digging, scooping and transporting apparatus with
back-strain relief features |
US211063 |
1988-06-20 |
US4865372A |
1989-09-12 |
Edwin Z. Gabriel |
This is a compact shovel-like apparatus capable of performing many tasks, including digging, scooping up materials dug, and then enabling one to transport such materials to a chosen site, where the materials would be dumped without straining one's back. The apparatus consists of a removable handle, including bicycle-like handle bars, a round tubular member, and a shovel-head, capable of holding an ample quantity of materials. Runners are an integral part of the shovel-head's underneath to enable one to push the apparatus over suitable terrain, without lifting. For transportation over hard surfaces, like concrete sidewalks and streets, wheels are provided, as an option. In one embodiment the shovel-head is perforated to permit liquids to be discharged, while retaining nonliquid substances. This head's perforated surface may have a resilient plastic overlay to prevent liquids and powdery substances from passing through the holes. In another embodiment the tubular member's angle can be adjusted to suit the user for the particular gardening task to be performed, thus avoiding back strain. With the aid of the plastic overlay, the same basic shovel-head may be used for all of the embodiments. Also a technique is shown for quickly and effortlessly replacing just the toothed strip of the shovel-head. This apparatus being on wheels would enable some physically handicapped persons to do some gardening and similar tasks, including snow shoveling. |
212 |
Ground-working tool for attachment to the foot of a wearer |
US216639 |
1988-08-23 |
US4856599A |
1989-08-15 |
Joseph L. Stammen |
A ground-working tool for attachment to the foot of the wearer includes a base plate for attachment against the underside of a wearer's shoe and a pair of ground-working hoe blades rigidly supported beneath the base plate. The hoe blades are generally flat in shape and are arranged in a common plane with one of the hoe blades being positioned beneath a forward portion of a base plate and the other hoe blade being positioned beneath a rearward portion of a base plate. Further, each hoe blade defines a forwardly-directed cutting edge and a reawardly-directed cutting edge which are parallel to one another and which extend transversely of the the base plate. When the tool is moved by the wearer's foot in a fore-and-aft scuffing action, soil loosened by the cutting edges is permitted to pass across the blades through the space defined between each blade and the base plate. The size and disposition of the blades relative to the base plate permit the wearer to comfortably stand or walk while wearing the tool without sinking into the ground. The tool further includes shoe-accepting sections adapted to accommodate any shoe within a range of shoe sizes. |
213 |
Glove and tool device |
US760553 |
1977-01-19 |
US4089379A |
1978-05-16 |
Frederick S. Crownover |
A device having combined features of a glove and a garden tool is disclosed. The device includes a glove element having a bar grip installed therein, with a tool element attached to the bar grip. In one embodiment, a horizontal bar grip is employed in conjunction with a tool element having forks or tines, such as a rake. In a second embodiment, a vertical bar grip is employed in conjunction with a tool element which has the form of a scoop or spade. |
214 |
Garden tool |
US75803558 |
1958-08-29 |
US2975843A |
1961-03-21 |
LATTIN ROBERT A |
|
215 |
Weeder |
US68614433 |
1933-08-21 |
US1985674A |
1934-12-25 |
BAUER JOHN L F |
|
216 |
Mechanical spader |
US36791429 |
1929-06-03 |
US1827429A |
1931-10-13 |
GLASIER HAROLD H |
|
217 |
Oscillating spader |
US38788029 |
1929-08-23 |
US1818551A |
1931-08-11 |
GLASIER HAROLD H |
|
218 |
Trench-cutting tool |
US36578020 |
1920-03-15 |
US1357359A |
1920-11-02 |
SPECHT RICHARD A |
|
219 |
Cutting implement. |
US1914839110 |
1914-05-16 |
US1138076A |
1915-05-04 |
BRIGANCE ALICE O |
|
220 |
Hand-operated tilling implement. |
US1912725861 |
1912-10-15 |
US1086642A |
1914-02-10 |
BOUYER FELIX HENRI ALBERT |
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