Weed removing tool

Claim 1

A weed removing tool, comprising an elongated large sleeve member, a dowel portion slideably carried within said large sleeve providing a means through the handle of the tool for penetrating a weed and removing it and its roots from the ground, prong means carried by said tool for engaging said weed and its roots, a small sleeve carried within said large sleeve for retaining a transverse bolt means which at onE end holds a compression coil spring which serves to return the tools to its normal extended position, said tool carrying a plurality of spaced apart and sharpened prongs, said prongs being secured within a block member within said small sleeve, said prongs extending from a central opening through an end wall of said large sleeve in order to puncture said weed and twist said weed as it is being removed from the ground along with its roots, said bolt fastener carrying said spring being transversely received through a slot through said large sleeve, said bolt extending transversely through said short sleeve and being freely slideable within said slot of said large sleeve when said tool is operated, the other end of said compression coil spring being secured to said large sleeve end wall, said tool being operated by urging down upon said handle, the lower extremity of said elongated large sleeve touching the ground, said prongs puncturing and securing said weed to said tool when said tool is rotated and lifted upwardly, the result being that said weed and its roots are both removed simultaneously by use of said tool, said weed being extracted or removed from said tool by urging said large sleeve downwardly, thus ejecting said weed and its associated roots from said tool.