ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,051, issued on April 14, was assigned to BOTANIWORLD LLC (Weston, Mass.).
"Garden implement" was invented by Angus Junkin (Framingham, Mass.) and Michael Flaherty (Santa Clarita, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a garden implement that includes a handle, at least one tool member having a pair of flanges extending therefrom, each flange includes a flange bore and a pinion segment that share a common center, the pair of flanges have opposing parallel surfaces that each include the pinion segment, the opposing parallel flange surfaces are spaced apart by a first distance. Also included is at lea...