Patents by Inventor Ernest Elder

Ernest Elder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6123374
    Abstract: A new and improved mini hole digger with a handle having a hook secured to a lower surface thereof and two shafts, each of which is secured to the lower surface of the handle inward of an end portion thereof. A foot lever has two apertures formed therethrough. The foot lever has a hook secured thereto between the two apertures formed therethrough. A securement aperture is formed in a lower surface between the two apertures formed therethrough. The two apertures slidably receive the two shafts therethrough. The two apertures function to allow the foot lever to slide up and down along each of the two shafts. A spring is secured to the hook of the handle and to the hook of the foot lever. A digger housing has an aperture formed therethrough. The housing is secured to each of the two shafts outward of the aperture formed therethrough. The housing has a plurality of jagged edges integral therewith. A rod is received within the digger housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Inventor: Ernest Elder