US 11,910,741 B2
Planting tool
Vesa Poutiainen, Espoo (FI)
Assigned to Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, Helsinki (FI)
Filed by Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, Helsinki (FI)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/073,723.
Claims priority of application No. 20195945 (FI), filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0127565 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/206 (2013.01) [A01C 5/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A planting tool, comprising:
a tube element with an inlet end and an outlet end,
a ground support rotatably connected to the tube element via a pivot point, the ground support comprising:
a first part with a pedal area and a second part with a hatch area,
a mechanism comprising a first clamp and a second clamp, wherein the mechanism in an open state prevents movement between the hatch area and the outlet end and maintains the hatch area at a distance from the outlet end by means of contact between the first and the second clamp,
and in a closed state prevents movement between the hatch area and the outlet end and maintains the hatch area in contact with the outlet end, and
the first clamp comprising a switch allowing a user to change position of said first clamp to switch the state of the mechanism from the open state to the closed state,
the mechanism further comprises a first spring connected to the second clamp, and by pulling the tube element towards the user against a spring force of the first spring, switches the state of the mechanism from the closed state to the open state.