Patent Application
20150373896
This disclosure relates to a gardening tool.
Gardeners, farmers, and other laborers often experience difficulty breaking through roots, weeds, and other matter in the earth. The use of conventional tools such as rakes, picks, and hoes, for instance, typically require a user to expend a significant amount of time and energy to break through tough soil. Often times, this may result in high labor costs, muscle strain or injury to a user, or damage to existing crops, for instance.
The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure, nor does it identify key or critical elements of the claimed subject matter, or define its scope. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed in a simplified form as a precursor to the more detailed description that is later presented.
The instant application discloses, among other things, a Gardening Tool. In one embodiment, Gardening Tool may comprise an elongated handle which may connect to a head by a bracket. The bracket may have an offset of an approximate 45° angle, for example, in relation to the handle. The head may include a U-shaped double-edged blade. The blade may oscillate at any angle, for example, 8° to 12° relative to the bracket, upon both pushing and pulling motions to facilitate the destruction of matter at or below the surface of the soil, for instance. The blade may also be equipped with a plurality of spikes which may help loosen the soil at a deeper level plane than a basic blade, thus improving the efficiency of the labor.
In another embodiment, Gardening Tool may comprise an elongated handle connected to head including a wavy blade. The wave lengths may measure any distance such as 2 inches, for example. The wavy blade may also contain a plurality of spikes along its length.
Gardening Tool may be used for a variety of purposes such as cultivation, removal of weeds, moss or debris from gravel, soil, root material, and mulch areas, or leveling of plant or flower beds, among many other uses.
A person skilled in the art will understand that a Gardening Tool may be made in various shapes and sizes, and of various materials, such as wood, plastic, rubber, metal, or carbon fiber, for example.
Many of the attendant features may be more readily appreciated as they become better understood by reference to the following detailed description considered in connection with the attached drawings.
Handle 110 may connect to Brackets 120, which may be offset at any angle such as approximately 45°, for example, in relation to Handle 110. Openings at the base of Brackets 120 may receive and secure Blade Holder 130. Blade Holder 130 may connect to the top of Blade 140. Blade 140 may comprise a detachable U-shaped, double-edged blade. Blade 140 may oscillate at any angle, for example, 8° to 12° relative to Brackets 120, upon pushing and pulling motions of Gardening Tool 100. The oscillation of Blade 140 may facilitate the loosening of soil or removal of weeds, roots, debris, or any other matter at or below the surface of the earth.
Blade 140 may contain a plurality of Spikes 150, which may run along the length of the base of Blade 140, for example. Spikes 150 may also extend beyond the length of the base of Blade 140. Spikes 150 may allow Gardening Tool 100 to penetrate the earth at a deeper level or plane than conventional gardening tools such as gardening hoes, for example, and thus improve labor efficiency.
Having multiple points of contact, Spikes 150 and Blade 140, may also improve efficiency in removing roots and other matter at the level of Blade 140.
A person skilled in the art will understand that any part of Gardening Tool 100 may be made in various shapes and sizes, and out of various materials, such as wood, plastic, rubber, metal, or carbon fiber, or combinations thereof.
Blade 440 also contain a plurality, four to eight for example, of Spikes 450 along its length.
