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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
William G. Kelly, Sutherland, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 7/02 ;
Abstract
A staggered tine rake construction ( ) including an elongated handle member ( ) having a lower end ( ) operatively connected to both a front ( ) and rear ( ) rake unit wherein both rake units ( ) and ( ) include rake members ( ) ( ) having mounting sockets ( ) ( ) which captively engage the upper ends of a plurality of rake tines ( ) ( ) whose intermediate portions are connected to spacer bars ( ) ( ) which are spaced from one another by a spacer collar ( ); wherein, the first plurality of tines ( ) and the second plurality of tines ( ) are both laterally and horizontally offset relative to one another to produce a staggered tine array.