US 11,871,688 B1
Hand tiller
Ronald A Coruzzi, Hockessin, DE (US); and Chrisopher A. Nowell, Wilmington, DE (US)
Assigned to SPINTILLER CULTIVATOR, LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by SPINTILLER CULTIVATOR, LLC, Hockessin, DE (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,735, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Int. Cl. A01B 1/10 (2006.01); A01B 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 1/14 (2013.01) [A01B 1/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand tiller comprising:
a) a handle comprising:
i) a length from a tiller-end to a handle-end that is no more than fourteen inches;
ii) a handle axis;
iii) top side;
iv) a bottom side;
where the top side has a raised thumb flange offset a thumb flange distance from the handle-end of the handle; and
v) a symmetric shape of the top and bottom side;
b) an axel configured on the tiller-end of the handle and comprising;
i) a right axel post extending at and offset angle from the axel to an extended end;
ii) a left axel post extending at and offset angle from the axel to an extended end;
wherein the offset angle of the right axel post and left axel post is at least 10 degrees from orthogonal to the handle axis;
c) a right tiller wheel comprising:
i) a hub that extends over the right axel post;
ii) extending radially outward from said hub;
d) a right tiller wheel retainer that couples with the right axel post to retain the right tiller wheel on the right axel post;
e) a left tiller wheel comprising:
i) a hub that extends over the left axel post;
ii) tines extending radially outward from said hub;
f) a left tiller wheel retainer that couples with the left axel post to retain the left tiller wheel on the left axel post;
wherein each tine of the left tiller wheel and right tiller wheel have a tine portion, wherein the tine curves circumferentially proximal the extended end; and
wherein each tine has a width that tapers from the extended end to the connected end.