Garden tool rack

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Claims:

What is claimed is:

1. A garden tool rack comprising: a hollow rack body, said hollow rack body comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, an upright barrel upwardly extended from the center of saidtop wall and adapted to hold an extension handlebar for garden tool, and a plurality of plugholes vertically downwardly extended from said top wall and spaced around said upright barrel; a plurality of tool holders respectively mounted in the plugholesof said hollow rack body and adapted to hold garden tools; at least one collapsible anchoring device extended from the bottom wall of said hollow rack body and turnable between a vertical operative position for securing said hollow rack body to the soiland a horizontal non-operative position; a set of garden tools, said garden tools each having a handle and a plug rod axially extended from said handle and insertable into said tool holders; and an extension handlebar connectable to the plug rod ofeach said garden tool and insertable into the upright barrel of said hollow rack body.

2. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tool holders each comprise a top holder body adapted to hold one said garden tool, a bottom mounting tube axially downwardly extended from said top holder body for fastening to oneplughole of said hollow rack body.

3. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein each said tool holder further comprises a tool holder plughole axially formed in the top holder body of the respective tool holder and adapted to accommodate the plug rod of one said gardentool.

4. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 3, wherein the plug rod of each said garden tool has a curved cross section; the tool holder plughole of each said tool holder has a curved cross section fitting the curved cross section of the plugrod of each said garden tool.

5. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein each said tool holder further comprises a retaining spring member formed integral with the peripheral wall of the bottom mounting tube of the respective tool holder, said retaining springmember having a hooked portion for hooking on the bottom wall of said hollow rack body.

6. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 2, wherein each said tool holder further comprises a skirt-like shoulder provided between the top holder body and bottom mounting tube of the respective tool holder and adapted to support therespective tool holder above the top wall of said hollow rack body.

7. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one anchoring device each comprises a base block having two sides downwardly extended from the bottom wall of said hollow rack body, and an anchoring tip fastened pivotallywith said base block, said base block comprising two parallel lugs axially disposed at said two sides, said lugs each having a longitudinal sliding slot, said anchoring tip comprising two pivot rods respectively coupled to the longitudinal sliding slotsof said lugs for enabling said anchoring tip to be turned relative to said base block between said vertical operative position and said horizontal non-operative position.

8. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 7, wherein the base block of each said anchoring device further comprises a spring plate equally spaced from said lugs said spring plate having a stop flange for stopping against a step at one end ofsaid anchoring tip to hold said anchoring tip in said horizontal non-operative position.

9. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hollow rack body further comprises a plug rod axially suspended in said upright barrel; said extension handlebar comprises a hollow insert fixedly provided in one end thereof, saidhollow insert having an axially extended through hole for receiving the plug rod of said hollow rack body.

10. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 9, wherein the plug rod of said hollow rack body has a curved cross section; the through hole of said hollow insert has a curved cross section fitting the curved cross section of the plug rod ofsaid rack body.

11. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 9, wherein the plug rod of said hollow rack body has a locating hole; said extension handlebar further comprises a retaining spring member extended from said hollow insert and suspended on theinside, said retaining spring member having a protruded retaining portion adapted to engage the locating hole of the plug rod of said hollow rack body, and a button for pressing by hand to curve said retaining spring member and to further disengage saidprotruded retaining portion of said retaining spring member from the locating hole of the plug rod of said hollow rack body.

12. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hollow rack body has a triangular profile; the number of the plugholes of said hollow rack body is three, the three plugholes of said hollow rack body are respectively disposed inthree corners of said hollow rack body and respectively holding one of said tool holders.

13. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 12, wherein the number of said at least one anchoring device is three, and the three anchoring devices are respectively extended from the bottom wall of said hollow rack body and spaced between eachtwo adjacent plugholes of said hollow rack body.

14. The garden tool rack as claimed in claim 1, wherein said hollow rack body has a rectangular profile; the number of the plugholes of said hollow rack body is four; the four plugholes of said hollow rack body are respectively disposed infour corners of said hollow rack body and respectively holding one of said tool holders.

Patent number:
    7040493
View patent at USPTO

Filing date:
    December 29, 2003

Issue date:
    May 9, 2006

Inventor:
Pei-Ying Lin (Taichung Hsien, TW)

Assignee:
Global Industries Holdings Ltd. (Nassau, BS)

Primary Examiner:
Sarah Purol

Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Levenfeld PearlsteinEdelson; Leon I.Clarke; William C.

Current U.S. Classification: 211/70.6

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