US 12,225,854 B2
Leaf rake with offset tines at different end angles and a shrub rake
Robert James Stein, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); Aaron Daniel Abbott, Harrisburg, PA (US); Jeffrey Joseph Fegley, Hershey, PA (US); and Gregory J. Blaszczak, Hummelstown, PA (US)
Assigned to The Ames Companies, Inc., Camp Hill, PA (US)
Filed by The Ames Companies, Inc., Camp Hill, PA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,985.
Application 17/352,985 is a division of application No. 15/857,929, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, granted, now 11,076,526.
Application 15/857,929 is a continuation of application No. 14/335,236, filed on Jul. 18, 2014, granted, now 9,854,735, issued on Jan. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/856,871, filed on Jul. 22, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0386013 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. A01D 7/06 (2006.01); A01B 1/20 (2006.01); A01B 1/24 (2006.01); A01D 7/00 (2006.01); A01D 7/02 (2006.01); A01D 7/10 (2006.01); A01G 20/40 (2018.01); A63B 57/50 (2015.01); A63B 60/00 (2015.01)
CPC A01D 7/06 (2013.01) [A01B 1/20 (2013.01); A01B 1/24 (2013.01); A01D 7/00 (2013.01); A01D 7/02 (2013.01); A01D 7/10 (2013.01); A01G 20/40 (2018.02); A63B 57/50 (2015.10); A63B 60/00 (2015.10)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leaf rake, comprising:
a handle including an elongated body with an upper, first end, a medial portion, and a lower, second end;
a head assembly including a base portion and a handle coupling, the handle coupled to the head assembly by the handle coupling, the head assembly including a first set of tines and a second set of tines both unitary with the base portion, wherein each tine of the first set of tines and the second set of tines includes an elongated body having a first end, an offset portion, and a distal second end, wherein the offset portion of the first set of tines is disposed on a first side of the base portion and wherein the offset portion of the second set of tines is disposed on the first side of the base portion; and
a shrub rake including a coupling, a base portion and a number of tines, the shrub rake selectively coupled to the head assembly,
wherein the head assembly base portion is generally planar and each tine second end includes a longitudinal axis, wherein a number of tine second end longitudinal axes in the first set of tines are at a first angle relative to a plane of the base portion and a number of tine second end longitudinal axes in the second set of tines are at a second angle relative to the plane of the base portion, wherein the first angle and the second angle are different, wherein the head assembly base portion includes a slot arranged to receive the shrub rake tines.