Abstract: A gardening tool adapted to being attached to a rake, the rake having an elongated handle and teeth. The gardening tool comprises a blade, an attachment system, a prong attachment and a prong. The blade has a perimeter defined by a first and a second lateral edges as well as a first and a second transversal edges. The attachment system, which attaches the blade to the rake, is operative to secure the blade against the teeth of the rake. The prong attachment is located on the blade proximate to the first lateral edge. The prong, being pivotally attached to the blade through the prong attachment, may selectively adopt one of the following positions: a) extending primarily beyond the first transversal edge; b) extending primarily beyond the first lateral side; and c) being stored primarily within the perimeter.

Abstract: A multi-functional gardening implement that, in some embodiments, functions as a pair of shears, a spade, a garden cultivator, a saw, a machete, a weeder and a rake. The implement comprises two shears that cooperate to cut vegetation placed between them when a user presses the handles of the shears together. The implement also has at least one appendage, which may be a shovel, a hoe, a garden cultivator, or another garden tool that is attached to the central portions of the shears and can be rotated to an operating position where the appendage is supported by the blades of the shears. The implement may have a second appendage that rotates in the opposite direction to a similar operating position against the other sides of the blades. In some embodiments, the cutting portions of the shears may be configured to define a spade blade in the closed position.

Abstract: A planting tool having a handle, an auger receiver and a basket. The auger receiver has an upper opening and a lower opening. The auger receiver is attached to the handle. The auger receiver is adapted to receive an auger. The basket has an upper opening and a lower opening. The basket is slidably attached to the handle for movement between a raised position and a lowered position. When the basket is in the lowered position, the lower opening of the auger receiver is adjacent the lower opening of the basket to define a partially enclosed region between the auger receiver and the basket.

Abstract: A weed extraction tool is disclosed, comprising an elongated handle, a prong assembly, and a step assembly. The prong assembly includes a rod having a plurality of prongs attached at a lower end thereof and a pivot pin holder near its center. The step assembly comprises a flat step portion at one end, a plurality of fingers at another end, and two sides near the center of and under the step assembly. An opening is formed in the top side proximate its center, and each side includes a side opening. The rod of the prong assembly is inserted through the opening in the top side of the step assembly such that a pivot pin may be inserted through one side of the step assembly, through the pivot pin holder, and through the other side of the step assembly, so as to pivotably fix the prong assembly to the step assembly. As such, the opening of the top side of the step assembly is sufficient only to allow the step assembly to pivot between closed and open positions with respect to the prong assembly.

Abstract: A weeder includes an elongated shaft having a predetermined length and a longitudinal bore, a gripping mechanism provided at an upper end portion of the elongated shaft, a chuck mechanism provided at a lower end portion of the elongated shaft for pinching weeds, an operating lever mechanism for actuating the chuck mechanism, the operating lever mechanism provided at an axial portion of the elongated shaft which is adjacent the gripping mechanism, and a towing wire inserted in the longitudinal bore of the elongated shaft and coupling the chuck mechanism and the operating lever mechanism.

Abstract: A hand held, manually operated excavation tool, which is specifically designed for single hand use to remove turf, which has been damaged by an air borne golf ball. The device has a handle, tubular shank, an internal ramp, an entry and an evacuation port, a concentric leading edge and an internal threaded portion to receive optional repair tools A threaded two-pronged aerator or culling tool may be stored in the handle portion. The principal object's shank is of sufficient length to penetrate, to an appropriate depth, turf which is commonly associated with that portion of a golf-course referred to as the “green.” The repair tool is designed to easily penetrate, core, capture and remove damaged, dying or dead turf. The efficient removal and subsequent repair of damaged portions of grass on a putting surface would improve the consistency of a putting green and the quality of play for all golfers on a given course.

Abstract: A weeder which a user can use in a standing posture, comprises an operating shaft having a longitudinal bore and a grip provided at an upper end thereof, the operating shaft having a length long enough to allow the user to operate the operating shaft in the standing posture while grasping the grip, a support rod telescoped in the longitudinal bore of the operating shaft, a chuck mechanism arranged at a lower end portion of the shaft for pulling out the weeds by the roots, the chuck mechanism including a pair of first and second frames and a pair of first and second chuck pawls for pinching the roots of the weeds, the first frame supported to a lower end portion of the rod, the second frame pivotally supported to the first frame, the first chuck pawl provided at a lower end of the first frame, the second chuck pawl provided at a lower end of the second frame, each of the first and second chuck pawls having a lower sharp end and adapted to be stuck into the ground when the shaft is pushed down against the groun

Abstract: The invention pertains to a convenient, space saving, multi-functional tool that includes a shovel, rake, spade and hoe. All of the tool functions are integrated into one master tool for the maintenance of gardens and landscaped areas, wherein each of the four separate functions can be accessed at any time in any order of desired priority or need. Two of the implement members which form part of the multi-functional tool, namely the spade and hoe, fold so that a portion of these members are held in notches on either side of the shovel to facilitate implement stowage.

Abstract: A gardening tool that includes a handle portion having a plurality of tines depending therefrom and a second plurality of tines of shorter length, which are adjustable in alternating arrangement with the longer tines. Each tine of the second plurality of tines includes two telescoping portions surrounded by a clamp with a variably tapered internally threaded section. The variable taper within the clamp facilitates the clamping together of the two telescoping portions of the tine.

Abstract: A collapsible chopping spade comprises a shaft with a tool joint at one end and a handle joint at the other end so that both the tool and the handle can be folded against the shaft. A unitary locking arrangement is provided for securing the handle in either its operative or its folded away position and for securing the tool in either of two operative positions or in its folded away position, the arrangement being such that the handle joint cannot be locked with simultaneously locking the tool joint.