Gardening tool

Abstract:

A gardening tool which consists of a handle grip, a tool head section, an extension rod and a support pad; a section of the extension rod is joined and secured to the handle grip, and since the support pad is actively conjoined with the extension rod to form a contoured, recessed area, the user is provided with a columnar handle to grasp as well as, a firm support for the forearm.

Citations

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Claims:

What is claimed is:

1. A gardening tool, comprising: a handle grip constructed and arranged for manual grasping, said handle grip having a longitudinal axis about which said grip is grasped; anextension rod section extending generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis and constructed and arranged to extend along the forearm of a user when said handle grip is manually grasped, a forward end of said extension rod section being secured tosaid handle grip; a pivot section mounted at a rear end of said extension rod section and constructed and arranged to extend generally across a forearm of a user when said handle grip is manually grasped; a support pad pivotally mounted upon said pivotsection and constructed and arranged to abut against the forearm of the user when said handle grip is manually grasped; and a gardening tool head secured to said handle grip.

2. A gardening tool as in claim 1, wherein said tool head is releasably secured to said handle grip.

Patent number:
6435284
View patent at USPTO

Filing date:
January 22, 1993

Issue date:
August 20, 2002

Inventor:
Wayne Aman (Burnsville, MN)

Assignee:
Super Test Corporation (Taipei, TW)

Primary Examiner:
Randolph A. Reese

Assistant Examiner:
Spencer Warnick

Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP

Current U.S. Classification: 172/371 172/372 294/58