IE83957B1 - The garden tool - Google Patents

Description

DESCRIPTION A LIGHT—WEIGHT OUBLE-ENDED GARDEN TOOL.

IT IS ACCEPTED AS FACT THAT THE WEATHER AND EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE IN WINTER RECONSTITUTE THE IL AND MAKES IT HEALTHY AND FRIABLE, WITH THIS IN MIND GARDENERS IN THE WESTERN WORLD TURN OVER THE ,OIL AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON IN A VERY LABORIOUS MANNER BY DIGGING THE SOIL AND LITERALLY TURNING IT OVER SO THAT WHAT WAS ON TOP OF THE GROUND IS TRANSFERRED TO THE BOTTOM AS, ALSO, ARE THE WEED SEEDS WHICH WERE ON TOP OF THE SOIL: CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS A.CYCLE ESTABLISHED WHICH GOES ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR WHEN WE FIGHT THE WEEDS THIS YEAR WHICH WE BURIED TWO YEARS AGO.

THIS INVENTION RELATES TO THE GARDENING TOOLS THAT ARE A RESULT OF THIS CYCLE; THEY ARE HEAVY AND CLUHSY AND MEANT TO BE USED BY FIT/HEALTHY PERSONS WHO ARE EITHER PROFESSIONAL OR ENTHUSIASTIC GARDENERS AND ARE SATISFIED TO KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE: THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO INHERIT A GARDEN WITH THEIR HOUSE OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT THEIR HEALTH FROM MILD ACTIVITY IN A GARDEN. page 2 THE GARDEN TOOL BEING PRESENTED GIVES ANYONE THE CHANCE TO BREAK THIS CYCLE, USING A PRINCIPLE THAT ALLOWS US TO MANIPULATE FORCES WHICH WE CAN USE ECONOMICALLY FOR OUR OWN BENEFIT TO OBTAIN FRIABLE AND HEALTHY SOIL AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR; THIS WAS THE FIRST PRIORITY IN AN AIM TO PRODUCE A NEW IMPROVED TWO-ENDED LIGHT—WEIGHT GARDEN TOOL FROM A SQUARE-SECTIONED BAR WHICH ENDS WITH OBLIOUE ANGLED FLAT SURFACES AND POINTS. THE POINT IS USED TO [TI 9-‘! GETRATE THE SOIL AND IN DOING SO THE OBLIOUE SURFACE BREAKS APART THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE SOIL TO MAKE IT FRIABLE. THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE OPERATION, THE FORCES INVOLVED ARE COMPLEX AND NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD IF ONE IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS: THE SURFACES ADJACENT TO THE OBLIQUE ONE ARE IMPORTANT TO THE WHOLE OPERATION BECAUSE MOST OF THE FORCE WHICH IS USED TO DRIVE THE POINT INTO THE GROUND IS FOCUSSED ON THE OBLIQUE SURFACE WHICH PUSHES THE SOIL OUT OF * A] CO I« WAY, THE SOIL DOES NOT WANT TO MOVE AND IT PUSHES THE OBLIQUE SURFACE BACK, BUT THE ADJACENT SURFACES ARE LARGER THAN THE OBLIQUE ONE AND ARE A STABLE FORCE UPON WHICH THE TOOL CAN RELY WHEREAS THE SOIL IS NOT AND IT MOVES WITH THE EXPLOSIVE FORCE WHICH HAS BEEN IMPARTED TO IT BY THE PICK-AXE ACTION OF THIS TOOL. THE SECOND PRIORITY WAS; THE NEED FOR IT TO BE LIGHT AND EASY TO USE BY ANYBODY FROM ANY POSITION. THE THIRD PRIORITY WAS; AN ABILITY TO REMOVE WEEDS COMPLETE WITH ROOTS AND EVENTUALLY MAKE HEM A THING OF THE PAST: EXCEPT FOR THE WIND-BLOWN ONES.

PAGE 3 THE GARDEN TOOL IS OF THREE PARTS: THE "HAND" A SQUARE BAR OF ANY DIMENSION WHICH IS CUT OR SHAPED AT BOTH ENDS TO A POINT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN OBLIQUE ANGLED FLAT SURFACE; THE "BONDER" A EERRULE OF ANY LENGTH WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A "HANDLE" OF ANY LENGTH AND HOLDS THE WAND AT RIGHT-ANGLES TO ITSELF, EITHER BY BEING INSERTED INTO THE BONDER OR MOULDED WITH TO BECOME A TWO-ENDED TOOL.

THE GARDEN TOOL IS USED AS A PICK-AXE WHEN USING IT TO WEED OR CULTIVATE THE SOIL, OTHERWISE IT IS USED IN A RAKING MOTION TO DO OTHER TASKS SUCH AS KEEPING THE SOIL WEED—EREE AND LIGHT. page 4 A SPECIFIC EMBODIMENT WILL NOW BE DESCRIBED BY WAY OF EXAMPLE WITH REFERENCE TO THE DRAWINGS ENCLOSED WHICH ARE OF THE INVENTION:— FIGURE 1. THE GARDEN TOOL IS ILLUSTRATED WITH THE WAND I INSERTED INTO THE BONDER 2 AND MOUNTED ON THE HANDLE 3: SHOWING THE ENDS WITH THEIR OBLIQUE ANGLES AND POINTS 4/5 ORIENTATED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FIGURE 2. ONE OF THE ENDS OF THE WAND SHOWING THE WAY THE OBLIQUE ANGLED FLAT SURFACE LOOKS FROM ONE POINT OF VIEW.

FIGURE 3. SHOWING THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ANGLED END WITH ONE OF THE NINETY—DEGREE ANGLES OF THE SQUARE SECTIONED BAR GOING RIGHT TO THE END OF ‘THE: WEHGD FIGURE 4. SHOWS THE SQUARE BAR IN ITS POSITION IN THE BONDER: THIS SHOWS THE ORIENTATION OF THE SQUARE BAR IN RELATION TO THE BONDER page 5 FIGURE 5 SHOWS THE GARDEN TOOL LOOKING AT THE HANDLE AND BONDER WITH THE WAND-END FACING.

FIGURE 6 SHOWS ANOTHER SIDE-VIEW OF THE HANDLE, BONDER AND WAND.

REEERRING TO THE DRAWINGS, IN FIGURE I IS SHOWN THE WAY THE ENDS 4/5 OF THE WAND I CAN BE ORIENTED IN RESPECT TO THE HANDLE 3 AND BONDER 2 IN FIGURE 2 IS A VIEW OF THE WAY THE SQUfiRE‘SECTIONED BAR IS TERMINATED TO OBTAIN A POINT AND A FLAT SURFACE.

FIGURE 3 SHOWS THE OTHER SIDE OF FIGURE 2 WITH ONE OF THE FOUR NINETY-DEGREE ANGLES OF THE WAND CARRIED RIGHT TO THE END, THIS NINETY-DEGREE ANGLE HAS TWO SURFACES ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY OF A GREATER AREA THAN THE OBLIQUE ANGLED FLAT ONE AND THEY GIVE THE TOOL STABTLTTY WHILST ENTERING THE SOIL TO ALLOW THE ANGLED FLAT SURFACE TO BREAK OPEN THE SOIL AND MAKE IT ERIABLE. page 6 FIGURE 4 IS OF THE BONDER WHICH IS A FERRULE THAT CAN HOLD THE HANDLE AND THE WAND WHICH IS SHOWN IN AN END~ON VIEW TO DEMONSTRATE HOW IT IS ORIENTED IN THE BONDER.

FIGURE 5 IS THE SAME VIEW WITH THE HANDLE SHOWN.

FIGURE 6 THE SAME AS EIG.6 BUT OF THE SIDE VIEW WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE CUTS TO THE WAND SHOWN.

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS CLAIM I THE LIGHT—WEIGHT DOUBLE—ENDED GARDEN TOOL IS OF THREE PARTS: THE "WAND", A SQUARE BAR OF ANY DIMENSION WHICH IS CUT OR SHAPED AT BOTH ENDS TO A POINT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN OBLIQUE ANGLED FLAT SURFACE; THE "BONDER", A EERRULE OF ANY LENGTH WHICH IS MOUNTED ON A "HANDLE" OF ANY LENGTH AND HOLDS THE WAND AT RIGHT-ANGLES TO ITSELE EITHER BY BEING INSERTED INTO THE BONDER OR MOULDED WITH TO BECOME A DOUBLE-ENDED TOOL.