Patent Application
20190183025
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The disclosure and prior art relates to weeding devices and more particularly pertains to a new weeding device for removing weeds with a rake.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a rake that is manipulated for raking debris on ground. The rake has a handle and a head and a tube is removably coupled to the rake. A poker is removably coupled to the tube such that the poker extends beyond the head. The poker selectively penetrates the ground adjacent to a weed thereby facilitating the weed to be pried out of the ground.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The bottom side 28 has a pair of first apertures 30 extending into an interior of the tube 18 and the first apertures 30 are spaced apart from each other. The tube 18 is positioned on the handle 14 having the bottom side 28 lying on the handle 14 and having the tube 18 being oriented collinear with the handle 14. Moreover, the tube 18 is positioned adjacent to the head 16. The top side 26 has a pair of second apertures 32 extending into the interior of the tube 18 and each of the second apertures 32 is aligned with an associated one of the first apertures 30. Each of the second apertures 32 has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the first apertures 30. The top side 26 has a third aperture 34 extending into the interior of the tube 18 and the third aperture 34 is centrally positioned between the second apertures 32.
A pair of screws 36 is provided and each of the screws 36 is extended through an associated one of the first apertures 30 and engages the handle 14 to retain the tube 18 on the rake 12. A screwdriver or other elongated tool is selectively extended through each of the second apertures 32 for tightening the screws 36. Each of the screws 36 may be wood screws 36 or other screws 36 corresponding to a material of the handle 14.
A poker 38 is provided and the poker 38 is removably coupled to the rake 12. The poker 38 extends beyond the head 16. Thus, the rake 12 is selectively manipulated to facilitate the poker 38 to penetrate the ground adjacent to a weed. In this way poker 38 may pry the weed out of the ground. The poker 38 has a first end 40 and a second end 42 and the poker 38 is elongated between the first end 40 and the second end 42. The first end 40 of the poker 38 has a slot 44 extending toward the second end 42 of the poker 38 and the weed positioned in the slot 44 when the poker 38 is manipulated to penetrate the ground. The poker 38 is slid ably positioned in the tube 18 such that the poker 38 extends beyond the head 16 thereby facilitating the first end 40 of the poker 38 to penetrate the ground.
A nut 46 is provided and the nut 46 is coupled to the top side 26 of the tube 18. The nut 46 is aligned with the third aperture 34 in the tube 18. A bolt 48 is provided and the bolt 48 thread ably engages the nut 46. The bolt 48 frictionally engages the poker 38 when the bolt 48 is tightened to retain the poker 38 in the tube 18. The bolt 48 may be a thumb screw or other threaded fastener.
In use, the tube 18 is coupled to the handle 14 of the rake 12 at a selected point along the handle 14. The poker 38 is slid ably inserted into the tube 18 and the poker 38 is manipulated to facilitate the poker 38 to extend a selected distance beyond the head 16 of the rake 12. The bolt 48 is tightened to retain the poker 38 in the tube 18. The rake 12 is manipulated to facilitate the poker 38 to penetrate the ground next to a weed. The rake 12 is urged downwardly thereby facilitating the poker 38 to pry the weed upwardly out of the ground. In this way the weed is removed from the ground without requiring bending over.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
