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Gardener's aid for sloped ground

US5180031A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 11, 1990
Grant dateJan 19, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 11, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE06C7/08
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A gardener's aid for sloped ground formed of first and second elongated paralleled spaced apart strut members, a plurality of generally flat spaced apart paralleled support members each having one end affixed to a first strut member and the other end affixed to the other strut member, the support members being in planes parallel to each other and at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis of the strut members, and first and second arm members affixed at one end of the first and second strut members, the arm members extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the plane of the strut members longitudinal axii, the gardener's aid being positionable on sloped ground so that the support members are generally horizontal providing surfaces for receiving the feet, knees or hands of users, the arm members serving to contact the sloped ground and support the strut members and support members above and generally parallel to sloped ground.

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