Abstract: A weed removal tool including an extendible telescoping handle, a multi-postion combination footstep fulcrum, a curved axial leverage member and a deep V-notched tool blade. The device is used to remove unwanted vegetation from a standing position without having to bend over. The operator applies downward Foot pressure to the footstep fulcrum until it engages the ground whereafter the handle is moved rearwardly to uproot and remove the weed.

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 method and apparatus to repair dents formed by a golf ball impacting the surface of a golf green. A restoring tool is mounted to the top of the handle of a putter, and this tool comprises a base member and a ground penetrating portion which is formed as a pair of tines and which is rotatably mounted to move from a stowed position flush against the base, to an operating position where it extends at right angles to the base. The putter is inverted so that the end of the handle can be positioned against the raised edge of the dent. The tines (outwardly extending) are moved to penetrate into the soil at a location outwardly of the raised edge of the dent, and the compression surface of the base member presses the sod layer downwardly and displaces the underlying ground layer laterally to fill into the recess portion of the dent. This also causes the displaced portion of the sod laterally over the dent.

Abstract: An adjustable garden planting-depth and spacing tool consists of a handle and five pointed pegs that can be inserted in any or all of the five holes in the handle and secured temporarily by hitch pins. Multiple drills and furrows can be formed in prepared soil faster and easier, while the depth and spacing can easily be adjusted to accommodate a variety of planting requirements.

Abstract: A yard garden tool for heightening matted groundcover, the yard garden tool constructed from a main shaft having an upper end and a lower end and a lifting member attached to the lower end of the main shaft. The lifting member is capable of sliding under a portion of the matted groundcover and remaining in contact with a portion of the groundcover, and wherein upon lifting, the lifting member elevates, or fluffs, the groundcover.

Abstract: An agricultural implement provided with a scraper, a blade and a handle. The handle is attached to the center of the scraper. The tines of the scraper are curved at an angle of about 90 degrees. The blade is attached to the end tine. The blade is provided with a sharp end portion.

Abstract: A garden tool is for use by a user to lay out columns of planting holes in a garden. The tool has a chassis that is sufficiently long to span a distance between columns to be laid out for the garden. A pair of blades each shaped for marking a surface of soil in the garden and for digging planting holes along a column in the garden, is fixed at an adjustable spacing to the chassis. The distance between the blades is selected to correspond to a desired distance between columns in the garden. A handle is connected to the chassis at a location between the blades, the handle being sufficiently long so that the blades are in contact with soil of the garden when a user is standing while holding the handle.

Abstract: An improved ball mark repair tool which can be used to relieve compaction of the earth surrounding the ball mark in a correct manner and then gently force the earth upwardly and inwardly about the ball mark so as to raise the turf and properly fill the indentation. More particularly, in one form of the invention, a downward pressure exerted upon the handle of the device will urge spaced apart earth engaging repair prongs to penetrate the earth in an area surrounding the ball mark and then to automatically move the prongs inwardly relative to one another to loosen the soil and urge it inwardly and upwardly so as to correctly restore the surface of the green to a substantially planar condition.

Abstract: A gardening device comprising a weed engaging portion having forwardly projecting portions with a gap therebetween, a foot portion adapted to receive pressure applied by a foot, a base support having an arcuate lower surface and a handle portion connectable to an elongate handle; wherein pressure applied to the foot portion can be directed to move the weed engaging portion forward to engage a weed and a handle connected to the handle portion can be used to pivot the weed engaging portion upwardly with respect to the base to remove the weed from a ground surface.

Abstract: A rotary garden tool has cutting blades for generally horizontal cutting generally disposed in a closed loop configuration sharpened on both sides to cut while rotating in either a clockwise of counterclockwise direction. Flexible tines are designed to bend outwardly away from the cutting blades during rotation, thus creating a trapping space between the blades and tines. The tool also has a forked assembly generally central of the cutting blades and flexible tines to stabilize the tool while in use and can till the soil as well. There is also provided a shaft central of the blades, tines, and forked assembly to attach the remainder of the tool to a rotation system such as a hand crank or electric drill.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating turf repair and/or other golf-related tasks comprising: a plug positionable in a distal end of a golf club shaft and having an aperture extending into an end of the plug; a tool; and a tool shaft extending from the tool and having a distal end portion removably receivable in the aperture. The distal end portion of the tool shaft has a configuration and the aperture has an interior shape corresponding to said configuration such that, when the distal end portion of the tool shaft is received in the aperture, the tool is prevented from rotating with respect to the plug.

Abstract: A weed extractor is designed with a shaft (100) having a handle end and a distal end. A foot piece (116) has a first end and a second end. The first end is slidely attached to the shaft proximal to the distal end. The foot piece extends laterally from the shaft. A bit assembly (118) has a plurality of pivotally mounted opposed spikes. The bit assembly has an open position and a closed position, and moves between the open position and the closed position in response to movement of the foot piece with respect to the shaft. At least two opposed spikes are spaced apart from a plane bisecting an angle between the at least two opposed spikes in the open position. A part of each of the at least two opposed spikes intersects the plane in the closed position.

Abstract: A rotatable tilling device for tilling ground material, the device consisting of a rotatable shaft having an upper end, a lower end, and having an axis of rotation extending from its upper end to its lower end; a plurality of ground tilling tines, each ground tilling tine having an upper end and a lower end; and, upper and lower tine mounting structure capable of attaching the ground tilling tines to the rotatable shaft so that they span between the tine mounting structure, so that upon rotation of the rotatable shaft the ground tilling tines orbit about the axis of rotation, so that on contact of the rotatable shaft with ground material, the ground tilling tines also contact the ground material, and so that the ground tilling tines may flexibly bend between the upper and lower tine mounting structure; the upper and lower tine mounting structure fixedly attaching the ground tilling tines to the rotatable shaft.

Abstract: A hand held grass edging tool includes a substantially flat blade having a top edge, an opposite generally inwardly disposed, v-shaped bottom edge and a pair of opposite side edges extending therebetween, each of the side edges including a generally inwardly disposed, v-shaped portion recessed substantially horizontally into the blade to open laterally out of the blade and having an upper side edge segment with an upper side edge segment lower end and extending upwardly and outwardly for moving strands of grass against the ground and bearing against and severing the strands of grass as the blade advances into the ground, and having a lower side edge segment intersecting the upper side edge segment lower end and extending downwardly and outwardly from the upper side edge segment lower end; the bottom edge and the v-shaped portion of the side edges including a beveled cutting edge; and a handle having a lower end secured to the top edge of the blade and an opposite top gripping portion.

Abstract: A soil tiller is provided including a hand held, portable frame having a handle. Also included is a drive assembly having a power source mounted within the frame and a motor for rotating upon the receipt of power from the power source. Next provided is at least one tine assembly rotatable with respect to the frame and further connected to the motor for rotating coincidentally therewith.

Abstract: A hand held garden tool configured to enhance downward force for digging and raking. The tool has a rod frame which extends from a working element attached to the tool at the front end of the tool to a brace located at the rear of the tool. The brace rests on the user's wrist or forearm, so that additional force is developed when the working element is urged downwardly into the ground. A handle depends from the frame at a point between the working element and the brace. Vertical orientation of the handle is more natural and comfortable than would be a horizontal orientation. The handle is provided with a molded grip for cooperating with a user's hand. The tool has a chuck for accepting diverse working heads, and preferably is provided with a plurality of diverse working heads. Exemplary working heads include rake, spade, and pry.

Abstract: An apparatus for manually moving, turning, and loosening earth and soil and which is particularly adapted for turning and loosening soil in a garden. An interchangeable implement head, preferably a fork, is configured for penetrating the earth. The implement head is connected to a shaft which supports a handle. The shaft includes upper and lower segments with the upper segment being angled away from the user's body. Positioned adjacent to the implement head, and connected to the shaft, is a structure for receiving the foot of the user. The structure for receiving the foot of the user preferably surrounds the circumference of the foot and loosely holds the foot in position to allow the user to push downwardly with the foot so that the implement head penetrates the earth. A lever arm adapted for extending the fulcrum point for the implement away from the back side of the implement head provides the user additional mechanical advantage.

Abstract: An apparatus for uprooting weeds comprising a rotatable handle, a base, a rotatable contacting assembly co-axial with the handle, and a co-axial co-directional rotation multiplying assembly linking the handle to the contacting means wherein the rotation of the contacting means is many times the rotation of the handle so that the weed uprooting action can be achieved by pulling the handle pependicularly by a short distance.

Abstract: A multi-purpose landscaping device for use with as hand-held rotary power tool such as an electric drill includes a shaft adaptable at one end for removable and operative connection to such a power tool, and a rotatable implement removably attached to the other end of the shaft, so that replacement of the rotatable implement is possible without replacement of the shaft. The rotatable implement is selected from the group consisting of a greenery cutter, a blower, a pruner, a soil augur and a weed extractor.

Abstract: An improved lawn renovating tool for aerating, mulching, dethatching, seeding and fertilizing lawns which is lightweight and easy to use. The tool has a lightweight handle, an elongate tubular shaft with a seed or fertilizer feeding and soil breaking element attached to the bottom portion of the elongate shaft. The seed or fertilizer feeding and soil breaking element is a partially triangular tube having spike-tooth rotatable wheel-type attachments along its base and a series of holes for feeding seed or fertilizer from a feed hopper mounted on the elongate shaft. A damper and control pedal are also included, regulating the flow of seed or fertilizer.

Abstract: A golf divot repair device having downwardly and inwardly disposed fingers to be forced into the green around a divot by foot pressure and/or pushing down on attached golf club, the fingers being rotatable into a flat position to provide a compact package than can be carried in the golfer's pocket or golf bag.

Abstract: A golfing aid is provided in which a pitch mark repair tool is mounted on the end of a shaft. The grip of the shaft can optionally have a ball retrieval device in the form of a suction cup having a plurality of inwardly biased or resilient fingers extending from its periphery.

Abstract: A tool comprising a tubular head having closed ends with an axially enlarge central extend and with an enlarged annular central region with a fixed abutment surface, a plurality of radially extending male threads formed in the head adjacent to the abutment surface; a threaded nut releasably positionable on the male threads of the head and providing an adjustable abutment surface with an annular bearing surface between the fixed and adjustable bearing surfaces; a plurality of rigid linear tines extending from the head on opposite sides of the abutment surfaces, the tines including long tines extending angularly from the head and with a plurality of short tines extending angularly from the head, the long tines being in a first plane and the short tines being in a second plane, the first and second planes being at an angle with respect to each other, extending at angles from the exterior surface of the head, female threads formed in the head with the tines having coupleable male threads at the interior ends of e

Abstract: A hand-held, multi-purpose implement including a handle provided with a resealable storage container and an adaptor head having at least a pair of insert receiving sockets. A set of interchangeable inserts adapted for storage in the storage container when not in use each have a working end portion and a tang portion receivable in an insert receiving socket. The adaptor head includes a securing device for releasably securing at least two of the inserts in its insert receiving sockets so as to enable the creation of different tools depending on the combination of inserts secured therein.

Abstract: The present invention is a cultivating tool which includes a rod having a handle on one end and a tool head with soil-breaking elements on the opposite end of the rod. The tool head can take the form of a fork spade with tines or cutting blades arranged in at least two planes.

Abstract: While playing golf, it is common to land a ball on the green and leave a divot or indentation. It is proper golf etiquette to repair this divot so as not to affect the game of a subsequent golfer. But, many golfers do not repair their own divots, either because they are not aware they should, or because repair takes too much effort. For those that do attempt to repair their own divots, they often do it incorrectly and damage the fragile green turf even more. Either way, the golf course keeper must expend considerable resource in repairing unfixed or incorrectly fixed divots. The device disclosed herein allows a golfer or grounds keeper to easily, quickly, and correctly repair green divots while standing. The user simply centers the device over a divot and presses down on the engagement knob. As the device is engaged, blades are angled into the turf under the divot, and then tilted inwardly to fill in the indentation.

Abstract: An implement for cleaning cooking grates. The cleaning implement has an elongated handle and a head including teeth. The teeth are adjustably secured to, and spaced laterally along, the head so as to fit in between the staves of a cooking grate. The teeth are laterally movable so as to be adjustable to a particular cooking grate. A preferred embodiment has a slot to provide for lateral movement of the teeth. One embodiment envisions use of tapered teeth for contacting the grate staves along a tapered region. One embodiment employs an ergonomic handle allowing for cleaning with only a horizontal back and forth motion.

Abstract: An agricultural agitator used for disturbing matter such as compost includes a rod, a handle mounted on a top end of the rod, a first flat section formed at a middle portion thereof and a second flat section formed at a bottom end thereof. The second flat section is perpendicular to the first flat section and has a sharp tip at the bottom thereof. Two pairs of blades are respectively and pivotedly mounted on opposite sides of each of the first and second flat sections. Each blade resembles a tongue with a broad flat first end and a second end formed as two upright lugs.

Abstract: A gardening tool for loosening soil includes a shaft having an upper and a lower end, a longitudinal axis, and a tine having a wavy profile along its length. The tine is connected to the bottom end of the shaft and initially projects outward from the longitudinal axis of the shaft and thereafter extends in a direction that points away from the upper end of the shaft and is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The gardening tool includes a handle having a unique design which improves ease of use.

Abstract: A tool handle mounting structure including a tool head having a fixed coupling cap, a handle having a tubular front end fastened to the coupling cap by a screw joint, and a sleeve fixedly mounted around the tubular front end to hold a sliding lock, wherein when the sliding lock is moved forwards after the handle is coupled to the coupling cap of the tool head, the handle is locked; when the sliding lock is moved backwards, the handle is unlocked, and can be turned reversely and disconnected from the coupling cap of the tool head.

Abstract: A raking apparatus worn on a hand comprised of a plurality of L-shaped rake portions. The plurality of rake portions are coupled together by an arcuate support rod. A palm receiving portion is secured to end portions of the plurality of L-shaped rake portions. A finger receiving portion is secured to the plurality of L-shaped rake portions adjacent to the palm receiving portion.

Abstract: A versatile hand-held garden tool for cultivating, digging, weeding, pruning and trimming has a blade, a handle and a neck angling upwards from the blade that connects the blade to the handle. The blade has a body portion that is preferably 5"-7" long and a tip portion angling upwards from the body portion that is preferably about 1 inch long. The body portion has two edges, one edge is serrated and the other edge is beveled. The tip portion has a beveled edge. It is preferred that the handle have a V-shaped cross section to facilitate the mounting of a grip. The garden tool can be made by cutting a blank from a web of cold rolled steel having a thickness of about 0.075 inches, coining the beveled edges into the blank, and forming the tool by bending the blank. It is then preferred to heat treat and plate the cold rolled steel.

Abstract: A garden tool includes a beam having a tool secured to one end and having a ring and one or more fins formed in the other end. A handle has a number of blades tapered radially outward and has a number of gaps formed between the blades for engaging with the fins. A barrel has an inner thread for engaging with an outer thread of the ring and has a tapered surface formed in the inner peripheral portion for forcing the blades radially inward and for engaging the fins with the gaps such that the handle may be solidly and quickly secured to the beam.

Abstract: A cutting hoe and method wherein a handle is connected to a cutting head that has a cutting surface along a substantially 360 degree cutting portion circumscribing the cutting head thereby permitting cutting in any direction. In one embodiment, a star configuration is provided for the cutting head which is, for example, a four pointed star-shaped configuration. In other embodiments substantially circular and rectangular (i.e. square) shaped cutting head configurations are disclosed.

Abstract: A two pointed shovel comprising a structure bifurcated at a bottom edge of a shovel blade, for digging into and scraping the ground, so as to make the shovel blade more stable and less susceptible to rolling from side to side. The shovel blade is more efficient to use in removing various objects from the ground. A component between the bifurcated structure at the bottom edge of the shovel blade, is for cutting cleanly through a root when the root is encountered while digging into the ground.

Abstract: A hand-held trenching tool having a loop-type blade is disclosed. The blade has a projection extending upwardly therefrom for positioning within a socket in a tubular handle. The projection includes a number of laterally spaced bores into which a locking pin may be positioned for selectively securing the blade to the handle. One loop-type blade includes a rectangular base, a pair of trapezoidal side walls extending upwardly from the base, and a rectangular crown connecting the respective tops of the side walls together. Another blade embodiment provides a cylindrical cutting portion having sloping, forward and rearward cutting edges, the forwardmost point of each the cutting edge being at the bottom thereof. The rearward cutting edge may, alternatively, have a plate secured thereto for retaining excavated material within the cylindrical cutting portion.

Abstract: A weeding or garden tool with a handle fitting comfortably in the palm and supported by the middle, fore and index fingers. The tool further includes one or more tines extending forwardly from the handle and a support on the tines for receiving the middle fingers so that the tines, in effect, form extensions of the outstretched hands.

Abstract: An improved golf club including a shaft recessing divot tool is provided. The divot tool is a body having a first end portion connected to the club, and a second end portion including two extending prongs. The first end portion of the tool is cylindrical and includes a slot which engages a pin located in the hollow end of the shaft of the club. The prongs at the second end portion are located side-by-side and include tapered end portions for penetrating turf or soil. The tool is movable from a first locked position in which the tool is recessed substantially within the shaft of the club, to a second locked and extended position in which the prongs of the tool extend outwardly from the end of the shaft for use by a golfer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for extracting a plant, such as a weed, from the ground. The device has at least two opposed prongs, each prong tapering operatively downwardly. The tapered prongs are shaped and configured with respect to one another to in use pierce the ground and grip a plug of earth in which the plant is located between the tapered prongs. The device also has handle for moving the tapered prongs relative to the ground.

Abstract: A weeding device includes an elongated shaft, a ground-penetrating tool on one end of the shaft, a pad on the shaft adjacent the tool, and a handle on the other end of the shaft. The user pushes the tool into the ground adjacent a weed and kicks the pad with his foot to force the weed out of the ground.

Abstract: A four in one gardening tool is provided which consists of a scooped blade, with a handle assembly extending upwardly at an angle from a bent central area of the scooped blade. A plurality of teeth extend at an angle downwardly from a first side of the scooped blade. The teeth are used primarily for removing a multiplicity of small weeds. A straight portion having a cutting edge extends along a second side of the scooped blade. The straight portion is used primarily for hoeing. A first pointed portion having a cutting edge extends from a first chord of the scooped blade. The first pointed portion is used primarily for removing large weeds and rocks. A second pointed portion having a cutting edge extends from a second chord of the scooped blade. The second pointed portion is used primarily for cutting a small furrow in the ground.

Abstract: An apparatus for extraction of weeds and other vegetation by hand or by using a power driver. The apparatus includes a hollow housing having at least one slot in which a planar shaft is slidably disposed. An extraction head is detachably coupled to the shaft, and can be extended or retracted by movement of the shaft within the housing. The extraction head can include a plurality of pointed prongs separated by a V-shaped notch, in which case the prongs are extended and inserted into the soil over the vegetation to be removed. Rotation of the apparatus winds the vegetation and its root around the prongs and removes it from the soil. The vegetation is then ejected from the apparatus by retracting the prongs and, if necessary, sliding the vegetation off of the housing. Alternatively, the extraction head can include clamping jaws or cutting edges which cut vegetation when the extraction head is retracted into the housing.

Abstract: A tool for removing roots, plants and other tubular objects from the earth while only minimally disturbing the surrounding soil. The tool includes a first, proximal end serving as a handle for rotating the tool and a second end including a plurality of coil-shaped tines. The tines include relatively sharp points and are shaped to efficiently penetrate the soil when the tool is rotated, disrupting the root system. Once engaged in the vertex of the tines, the main root stem entangles in the coil and rotates with the tool, eventually becoming free of the surrounding soil. The coil also maintains a grasp of the plant once removed from the earth which eliminates the extra step of picking up the removed plants from the surface of the soil.

Abstract: A hand cultivating system for loosening or tilling select portions of the soil in a garden or plot. The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates a hand cultivating implement wherein there is provided a longitudinal handle member having first and second ends, the first end having affixed thereto a tined cultivator member including a plurality of tines in general longitudinal alignment with the handle member. Also affixed to the handle member, connected to the handle member in a position in the medial or upper medial area of the handle, disposed generally toward the second end of the handle, is a laterally emanating torque handle, configured to allow the user to partially rotate the handle and tined cultivator member about their longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A weeding or garden tool with a handle fitting comfortably in the palm and supported by the middle, fore and index fingers. The tool further includes one or more tines extending forwardly from the handle and a support on the tines for receiving the middle fingers so that the tines, in effect, form extensions of the outstretched hands.

Abstract: A combination cultivator and edging tool including a handle and a head attached to one end of the handle. The head includes a transverse support member and a row of long cultivator tines, each tapering from a point of connection to the support member toward a tip. The tines extend in a common plane of extension disposed generally perpendicular to the handle and the transverse support member. The head further includes a blade having a support edge and a sharpened edge opposite the support edge. The blade is disposed in the same plane as the handle and the transverse support member. In use, the handle is disposed at an angle to the ground for cultivating. The handle is alternatively disposed vertically with respect to the ground for edging.

Abstract: A portable hand-held device for combined cultivating and trimming of grass and plants includes a housing formed of upper and lower body portions which are coupled together and the device has the general configuration of an inverted cone truncated to allow the user to comfortably grasp and manipulate the device. The upper body includes a base portion which merges into generally vertically extending sidewalls that are joined to a top surface at the upper end portions of the sidewalls. The sidewalls include elongated recessed curved surfaces to improve the users grip on the device. An elongated strap element is connected to the upper body to extend across the top surface for maintaining the users hand in engagement with the housing. The lower body includes a support plate and a circumferential sidewall which define a cavity for enclosing a moving blade element that is powered by rechargeable batteries.

Abstract: Disclosed is a folding ball mark repair tool for repairing a ball mark depression in a golf green resulting from impact of a golf ball landing on the green thereby leaving the green free of a surface irregularity that may adversely effect putting conditions. The ball mark repair tool comprises an elongated flat blade for insertion under a concave ball mark in greens turf for prying the turf upwardly for smoothing thereof. The blade has two parallel pointed prongs extending from an end thereof. An elongated flattened handle has a longitudinal central slot formed therein wherein the blade shank is pivotally disposed such that the blade may be pivoted to a storage position thereof wherein the blade is disposed within the slot and a working position thereof wherein the blade is approximately 180.degree. from the storage position extending out of the slot. A spring pivotally biases the blade to the working position. A latch is included whereby the blade may be releasably retained in the storage position.

Abstract: A weed puller which has a body portion with a tapered front surface. A weed digger blade is attached ot the bottom surface of the body portion and a top bracket is attached to the front tapered surface of the body portion. An ejector blade is mounted on a spring biased plunger and can be moved to eject a weed.

Abstract: A hand held weeding tool exhibits exceptional weed extraction capabilities due to its combination of elements. The weeding tool includes a straight handle, an elliptically curved body portion and a weeding head. The handle is cylindrical and is readily adapted to be gripped by the hand of a user and may be extended with an auxiliary handle. The body is configured to provide maximum mechanical advantage and removal force at the beginning of the extraction operation. The weeding head includes a plurality of parallel, closely spaced tines or spikes which readily engage the weed or plant and lifts it from the soil.