Combination garden tiller and sprinkler head grass trimmer

Abstract

Apparatus for trimming grass around sprinkler heads or tending a small garden area includes a tubular member having a plurality of serrations formed on one end for cutting grass around such sprinkler heads. A housing member partially disposed for reciprocal movement within the tubular member. A plate disposed for closing one end of housing member and having an outer periphery engageable with an inner surface of such tubular member for guiding during reciprocal movement. A second guide disposed around outer periphery of such housing member intermediate each end thereof. Another elongated rod like member engages an end of such first elongated rod like member. A caged biasing means is disposed over the second rod like member for absorbing shock during use of apparatus and a mechanism for manipulating the apparatus while trimming such grass around such sprinkler head or tending such small garden area.

1 - 5 . (canceled) 
   
   
       6 . An apparatus for at least one of tilling, weeding and cultivating a small garden area, said apparatus comprising:
 (a) a first elongated rod like member having each of a predetermined length and a first predetermined cross-sectional shape in a direction transverse to said predetermined length;   (b) a predetermined number of tine members secured to an outer surface of said elongated rod like member adjacent a first end thereof for penetrating a ground surface to said at least one of tilling, weeding and cultivating a small garden area;   (c) a second elongated rod like member engageable at a first end thereof with a second axially opposed end of said first elongated rod like member;   (d) a biasing means disposed over said second elongated rod like member and caged between a pair of plate like members for absorbing shock during use of said apparatus; and   (e) a means engageable with a second end of said second elongated rod like member for manipulating said apparatus during said at least one of tilling, weeding and cultivating a small garden area.   
   
   
       7 . An apparatus, according to  claim 6 , wherein said first predetermined cross-sectional shape of said first elongated rod like member is one of generally round, hexagonal and octagonal. 
   
   
       8 . An apparatus, according to  claim 7 , wherein said first predetermined cross-sectional shape of said first elongated rod like member is generally round. 
   
   
       9 . An apparatus, according to  claim 6 , wherein said biasing means is a spring. 
   
   
       10 . An apparatus, according to  claim 9 , wherein said spring is a coil compression spring. 
   
   
       11 . An apparatus, according to  claim 6 , wherein said predetermined number of tine members is six. 
   
   
       12 . An apparatus, according to  claim 11 , wherein said tine members include a sharpen point. 
   
   
       13 . An apparatus, according to  claim 6 , wherein said means engageable with a second end of said second elongated rod like member for manipulating said apparatus during said at 
   
   
       14 - 17 . (canceled)