IE20000914A1

IE20000914A1 - The garden tool

Info

Publication number: IE20000914A1
Application number: IE20000914A
Authority: IE
Inventors: James Melia
Original assignee: John James Melia
Priority date: 2000-04-18
Filing date: 2000-11-12
Publication date: 2002-07-24
Also published as: GB0009448D0

Abstract

The garden tool which is being presented is a distillation of tools which are used in gardens, farms and greenhouses and yet it doesn't remotely resemble any of them. It satisfies an aim which has been sought for many years, it can be used by a child or infirm person. It is simple in its form but sophisticated in its uses. Its angles, which are many, add up to produce a tool which uses the laws of nature to do what the soil requires in any situation, that is; aerate, reconstitute, mix and re-vivify: whilst it combines all the qualities needed to; weed, plant, seed, thin, crop, and be used without fatigue. It is a serious farming, greenhouse cultivating, landscaping tool, also, for recreational parks in towns and cities. Other care of activity requiring a tool that can be wielded with ease and speed, such as archaeological and antiquarian expeditions and surveys, would find it invaluable.

Description

The Garden Tool: for which all tools used to till the soil by hand were investigated and the best points taken to mind, and incorporated in this invention which is simple in the extreme.

Stainless steel would be the ideal material to make this tool from and this would lend itself to being a tool which one could literally hand down to succeeding generations. Such is its simplicity of design plus ability.

The tools which gardeners use have been handed down from past generations and vary little from country to country. They are heavy and clumsy to people who have not been accustomed to working with the soil and these tools need to be used by people who are fit and able.

The garden hoe has been such a tool for gardeners who wish to remove or keep down the weeds which proliferate the land. To the householder who has inherited a garden with the house these unwelcome visitors to their property are a menace which no-one seems to be able to conquer without the use of chemicals. The hoe which is of various design is not a suitable tool to be used by persons who are infirm or disabled in some way.

OPEN TO PUBLIC INSPECTION UNDER SECTION 28 AND RULE 23 JNL No. I'M_OF . 1E00B9H The garden spade is basically a piece of sheet metal which is joined to a handle of various materials and the whole is used to physically move the soil from one position to another without reference to improving the quality of the soil except by the exposure to the elements.

The garden fork is similar to the spade in design except the metal blade is replaced by tines which penetrate the soil and can make moving the soil a more easily accepted chore. The garden fork also is meant to be used by able-bodied persons.

Not all garden-possessing persons are able-bodied nor are others who would profit from, having access to a garden if the tools which are needed could be handled by them.

The Garden Tool which is being presented has the characteristics needed to perform all the duties which are necessary to have a weed-free soil which is also of good health and friable nature without the need to have an array of tools which are impossible to use or too heavy and clumsy for the less than average-ability person.

The aim of the Garden Tool is to eliminate the need to be strong or energetic whilst performing a valuable service to the soil which is to aerate clean remove and agitate the constituents of the soil.

Claims

1. WHAT I CLAIM IS A NEW DIRECTION IN THE WAY WE CULTIVATE THE SOIL USING A LIGHT-WEIGHT TOOL WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FROM THE TOOLS WHICH HAVE BEEN HANDED DOWN TO US BUT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY ONE OF THEM, THIS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED BY CONDENSING THE ATTRIBUTES OF EACH TOOL USING A MINIMALIST APPROACH AND INCORPORATING THEM IN A SQUARE BAR OF METAL OR OTHER SUBSTANCE (CALLED THE WAND IN THE DESCRIPTIONS) OF ANY LENGTH BUT WITH THE ENDS CUT SO THAT A POINT IS PRESENTED TO THE SOIL UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO BREAK UP THE SOIL AT OTHER TIMES TO REMOVE WEEDS BODILY WITH ROOTS INTACT OR TO BURY BULBS AND CORMS IN ONE MOVEMENT AND TO MOVE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SOIL WITH A MINIMUM OF EFFORT AND BRING A HEALTHY EFFECT TO THE SOIL: RECONSTITUTING AND AERATING IT WHILST EXPOSING WEEDS FOR EXTRACTION, MIXING ADDITIVES TO THE SOIL AND BRINGING ALL GARDEN ACTIVITY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ANYBODY OF ANY CONDITION/INFIRMITY. page 7 ΪΕΟ Ο Ο 9 1 4 CLAIM TWO.

2. THE BAE OF METAL OE OTHEE MATEEIAL (THE WAND) IS HELD BY VAEIODS METHODS WHICH MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO BE MOUNTED ON AN EASILY OBTAINED POLE OF ANY LENGTH OE A BESPOKE FITTING WHICH WILL BE SUITABLE TO USE WITH OTHEE CEAFTED HANDLES: THE ONLY STIPULATION IS THE CLAIM OF NO.1 THAT THE SQUAEE SECTION IS PEESENTED WITH AN ANGLE TO THE SOIL. page 8 ίΕΟ Ο Ο 9 14 CLAIM THREE.

3. THE TOOL WHICH HAS BEEN INVENTED BRINGS THE GARDEN WITHIN THE CAPABILITY AND SCOPE OF ANYONE BECAUSE IT WORKS ON THE SUPPOSITION THAT LITTLE IS BEAUTIFUL AND ONLY CULTIVATES A LITTLE AT A TIME AND EASILY: THAT LITTLE IS ACHIEVED IN FRACTIONS OF A SECOND AND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT MAKES THE GARDEN SOMEWHERE TO RELAX. page 9 CLAIM FOUR.

4. THE TOOL WHICH HAS BEEN INVENTED IS A WEEDING TOOL, A PLANTING TOOL, A SEEDLING-THINNING TOOL, AN AERATING TOOL, A LANDSCAPING TOOL, A RAKING TOOL, A FINE-TILTHING TOOL, A PAVING TOOL, COMPOST STIRRING TOOL, CONCRETE-MAKING TOOL, DEPENDING ON THE IMAGINATION OF THE USER IT IS OF USE IN ANY SITUATION AND BY ANYONE OF ANY CONDITION OF HEALTH BECAUSE THE WEIGHT OF THE TOOL IS SUCH THAT IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE OBJECT OF ENTERING THE SOIL AT ALL TIMES OF THE YEAR BUT IS WEIGHTLESS BY COMPARISON TO THE TOOLS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO SOMEONE DISABLED OR INFIRM WHO WISHES TO ENJOY THE COMFORT OF GARDENING.