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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Tony M. Guard, Union, KY (US);
Paul Haney, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Douglas Ortenzi, Burlington, KY (US);
Joseph Stephens, Middletown, OH (US);
James Tobergta, Batavia, OH (US);
Gravity, Incorporated, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A turner for quickly, easily, and aesthetically turning over and aerating and thickening a settled or compacted layer of an aggregate landscaping mulch material, and a method for doing so. The present turner includes an elongate cylindrical barrel having an outer cylindrical surface having a diametrical extent of less than about 5 inches and a plurality of elongate projections extending generally radially outwardly from the cylindrical surface at spaced locations thereon. The turner includes a handle supporting the cylindrical barrel for rotation about a cylindrical axis thereof. The present method includes holding the handle to push or pull the cylindrical barrel across a region of the layer of the landscaping mulch material to rotate the barrel such that the projections will penetrate into the mulch material and lift and reorient portions thereof to thicken the layer, without substantially disturbing the underlying surface.