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Handle and post assembly with a plurality of attachments

US5743580A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 1996
Grant dateApr 28, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25G3/30
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A handle and post assembly with a plurality of attachments including a straight post with an elongated cylindrical configuration having a first lower end with a threaded periphery and a second upper end including a bore formed coaxially therein with a threaded inner surface. Further provided is a plurality of attachments each with a bore formed coaxially therein with a threaded inner surface for releasably engaging the threaded first end of the post. The attachments include a digging attachment, a raking attachment, and a sweeping attachment. Further provided is a handle with a T-shaped configuration having a straight horizontally oriented bar and a short vertically oriented bar integrally coupled at the first end thereof to a central extent of the horizontally oriented bar. The vertically oriented bar further has a second end with a threaded periphery for releasably engaging the threaded bore of the second end of the post.

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