US3735574A

US3735574A - Gardening tool

Info

Publication number: US3735574A
Application number: US00281828A
Authority: US
Inventors: W Heckner
Original assignee: Lee Raymond Organization Inc
Current assignee: Lee Raymond Organization Inc
Priority date: 1972-08-18
Filing date: 1972-08-18
Publication date: 1973-05-29
Anticipated expiration: 1990-05-29

Abstract

A gardening tool comprising: a plurality of sickle shaped blades having aligned outer and inner edges; a bar extending at right angles to said blades and disposed therebetween to form a rigid structure with said blades; an elongated handle extending at right angles to said bar; and a fork extending between one end of the handle and the inner edges of the blades, the fork being secured to the handle end and to the first means.

Description

United States Patent [191 Heckner [54] GARDENING TOOL 3,408,803 l1/l968 Vanderveer ..56/400.0l

3,299,545 1/1967 Husted ..56/400.l6 [75] Inventor 3'22: Heckner Camzozo 3,413,790 12/1968 Eads et al... ..56/400.06 l 1,339,436 5/1920 Conrad ..56/400.07 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

Inc., New York, NY. Primary Examiner-Russell R. Kinsey [22] Filed: Aug 18, 1972 Attorney-Rmhard S. Shreve, Jr.

[ 1 pp 281,828 57 ABSTRACT A gardening tool comprising: a plurality of sickle [52] US. Cl ..56/400.16, 172/380 Shaped blades having aligned outer and inner edges; 3 [51] Int. Cl. ..A0ld 7/00 bar extending at right angles to Said blades and [58] Fleld 0f Search ..56/400.01, 400.04, disposed therebetween to form a gi Structure with 56/40005 40016 said blades; an elongated handle extending at right an- 40021 72/37 I 380 gles to said bar; and a fork extending between one end of the handle and the inner edges of the blades, the [56] References Clted fork being secured to the handle end and to the first UNITED STATES PATENTS means- ],61 1,508 l2/l926 Bishop ..l72/380 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures GARDENING TOOL SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION My invention is directed to a manually operable gardening tool which can be used to rake, cut and thin heavy grasses and the like.

To this end, a plurality of parallel thin sickle shaped blades are disposed in parallel spaced relationship with aligned inner and outer edges and are interconnected by first means extending at right angles thereto. An elongated handle extends at right angles to the first means. One end of the handle is disposed adjacent the inner aligned surfaces of the blades. Second means interconnects this adjacent end of the handle to the first means.

The blades can be shaped to each have a rounded endand an opposite pointed end and to have a portion of the inner edge formed into a cutting edge.

The user can then operate the tool, without bending, from a standing position with the use of the handle. By suitable employment of the rounded ends, the pionted ends and the cutting edge the tool can be used as a rake, as a thinner of grass, as a grass cutter and other allied uses.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective of my tool;

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of a blade used in my tool;

FIG. 3 is a detail of a portion of the structure of FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a detail exploded perspective of another portion of the structure of FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS 1-4, I provide a plurality of thin parallel spaced sickle shaped metal blades having aligned outer and inner edges. Each blade has a pointed end 12 and an opposite rounded end 14. Each blade also has a centrally disposed square shaped hole 16 with a portion of the inner edge between this hold and the pointed end honed into a cutting edge 18.

Hollow elongated spacers 20, square shaped in cross section, are disposed between the holes of adjacent blades. A square shaped elongated bar 22 extends through all spacers and holes with exposed opposite rounded threaded ends engaged by lock nuts 24 to hold the structure rigidly together.

An elongated handle 26 extending at right angles to bar 22 has one end inserted into sleeve 28. The other end of the sleeve is biforcated with arms 30 disposed about two transversely spaced spacers 20 adjacent op posite ends of the bar whereby the handle is joined rigidly with the remainder of the structure. The resultant tool can then be used as previously described.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what is asserted as new is:

l. A gardening tool comprising:

a plurality of parallel spaced sickle shaped blades each having aligned inner and outer edges and a central square hole, the inner edge of each blade adjacent one selected end having a cutting edge, and one selected blade end is pointed and the opposite end is rounded;

a square bar extending at right angles to said blades and passing through all of said central square holes to form a rigid structure with said blades;

square spacers on said bar between said blades;

an elongated handle extending at right angles to said square bar; and

a fork extending between one end of the handle and the inner edges of the blades, said fork being secured to said handle end and to said bar.

Claims

1. A gardening tool comprising: A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL SPACED SICKLE SHAPED BLADES EACH HAVING ALIGNED INNER AND OUTER EDGES AND A CENTRAL SQUARE HOLE, THE INNER EDGE OF EACH BLADE ADJACENT ONE SELECTED END HAVING A CUTTING EDGE, AND ONE SELECTED BLADE END IS POINTED AND THE OPPOSITE END IS ROUNDED; A SQUARE BAR EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID BLADES AND PASSING THROUGH ALL OF SAID CENTRAL SQUARE HOLES TO FORM A RIGID STRUCTURE WITH SAID BLADES; SQUARE SPACERS ON SAID BAR BETWEEN SAID BLADES; AN ELONGATED HANDLE EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID SQUARE BAR; AND A FORK EXTENDING BETWEEN ONE END OF THE HANDLE AND THE INNER EDGES OF THE BLADES, SAID FORK BEING SECURED TO SAID HANDLE END AND TO SAID BAR.