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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth J. Spear, Vienna, WV (US);
Assignee:
Ames True Temper, Inc., Camp Hill, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 1/22 ; B25G 3/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 1/22 ; B25G 3/28 ;
Abstract
A garden tool of the type having a shaft handle includes a tool with a handle socket provided with an array of teeth to interengage an array of teeth formed on a lug fastened on the handle shaft so that when the end of the shaft is inserted into the handle socket on the tool, the teeth of the socket will mesh with the teeth of the lug to anchor the shaft in the socket.