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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:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Applicant:
Robert J. Podhrasky, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Robert J. Podhrasky, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Garrett Electronics, Inc., Garland, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 1/00 (2006.01); A01B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hand-held metal detector and soil excavation device useful for locating and retrieving metallic objects concealed in soil or other materials. The device includes a housing with a hand-grip portion and an elongated probe portion. There is an excavation tool connected to the housing that is useful for moving soil to locate metallic objects that are sought. The device also includes a metal detector circuit located within the housing, that operates to generate an alert signal when the probe portion is moved into proximity of metallic objects.