Perfect planting tool
View Patent ↗A gardening hand tool for digging holes is provided. The tool further comprises a pair of shovel blades aligned parallel to each other and are pivotally attached to the bottom of a shaft member. A handle is attached to the upper end of a shaft member and is pivotally connected to the shovel blades.
1. A gardening tool comprising:
a hollow shaft member defined by a top end and a lower end;
a rod member defined by a top end and a lower end;
the rod member slidably engaged within the hollow shaft member;
a gear assembly disposed atop the rod member and extending above the top end of the hollow shaft member;
a compression means disposed at the lower end of the rod member within the lower end of the hollow shaft member;
a handle assembly defined by a T-shape connector sandwiched between a left section and a right section;
the T-connector disposed atop the hollow shaft member and securely coupled thereto in a perpendicular relation;
a left lever situated below the left section of the handle assembly having an inner side cooperatively engaged with the gear assembly;
a right lever situated below the right section of the handle assembly having an inner side cooperatively engaged with the gear assembly;
a front guide support member and a back guide support member encapsulating the gear assembly;
a left shovel aligned in a parallel relation with a right shovel; the left and right shovel each defined by an upper end and a lower end;
a left hinge connected to the upper end of the left shovel;
a right hinge connected to the upper end of the right shovel;
the compression means cooperatively coupled to the left hinge and the right hinge wherein as the left lever and right lever are pulled upward the left shovel and right shovel contract towards each other; and
as the left lever and right lever are released the left shovel and right shovel automatically retracts away from each other.
2. The tool of claim 1 wherein the compression means further comprises:
a spring member encircling the lower end of the rod member within the lower end of the hollow shaft member;
a cylindrical disc encircling the lower end of the rod member below the spring member within the lower end of the hollow shaft member.
3. The tool of claim 1 further comprising:
the right and left lever each having an inner side and an opposing outer side
the front and back guide each having an inner side and an opposing outer side
the gear assembly disposed between the inner side of the of the left lever and the right lever; and
the inner side of the left and the right lever having gear means that cooperatively engaged with the gear assembly such that as the left lever and right lever are pulled upward the left shovel and right shovel contract towards each other; and
as the left lever and right lever are released the left shovel and right shovel automatically retracts away from each other.
4. The tool of claim 1 further comprising:
a left compound joint and a right compound joint;
the left compound joint formed by an upper brace defined by an upper end and a lower end and a lower brace; defined by an upper end and a lower end
the right compound joint formed by an upper brace defined by an upper end and a lower end and a lower brace defined by an upper end and a lower end;
the upper end of the upper brace of the left compound joint and the upper end of the upper brace of the right compound joint forming a triangular connection;
the triangular connection being pivotally connected to the lower end of the rod member;
the lower end of the upper brace of the left compound joint being pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower brace of the left compound joint;
the lower end of the upper brace of the right compound joint being pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower brace of the right compound joint;
the lower end of the lower brace of the left compound joint being formed within the upper end of the left shovel; and
the lower end of the lower brace of the right compound joint being formed within the upper end of the right shovel.
5. The tool of claim 1 further comprising:
a left compound joint and a right compound joint;
the left compound joint formed by an upper brace defined by an upper end and a lower end and a lower brace; defined by an upper end and a lower end
the right compound joint formed by an upper brace defined by an upper end and a lower end and a lower brace defined by an upper end and a lower end;
the upper end of the upper brace of the left compound joint and the upper end of the upper brace of the right compound joint forming a triangular connection;
the triangular connection being pivotally connected to the lower end of the rod member;
the lower end of the upper brace of the left compound joint being pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower brace of the left compound joint;
the lower end of the upper brace of the right compound joint being pivotally connected to the upper end of the lower brace of the right compound joint;
the lower end of the lower brace of the left compound joint couplet to the upper end of the left shovel; and
the lower end of the lower brace of the right compound joint coupled to the upper end of the right shovel.