A multipurpose drain tool including a drain shovel “DROVEL™” and pry bar. The multipurpose drain tool includes a drain tool shaft, a proximal pry bar, and a distal drain shovel. The drain tool shaft carries at least one rubber hand grip, a proximal end cap, and a distal end cap. The pry bar is mounted to and extends outwardly from the proximal end cap. The drain shovel is mounted to and extends distally from the distal end cap. The multipurpose drain tool of the present invention offers a solution to the problem of clearing subsurface drains to restore drain functionality.

A multi-use hand tool system featuring modular interchangeable components including a digging and cutting head, a rake head; a claw hammer head, a snow shovel head; a garden fork head comprising, one or more hafts, an offset-L component providing a 90 degree orientation between components and/or and handle. The hand tool system features components and grips having a Reuleaux triangle configuration.

While the described shovel can include any suitable component, in some cases, it includes a blade, a shaft, a handle, a handgrip, and/or a coupling component. In some cases, the handgrip is located at a center of weight of the shovel, with substantially half of the shovel's weight distributed on each side of the handgrip. In some cases, the shaft is oriented at an angle relative to the blade and the handle is oriented at an angle relative to the shaft. In some cases, the coupling component is located along the shaft and is configured to selectively and removably connect at least a first modular section of the shaft to a second modular section of the shaft. In some cases, the coupling component is configured to only fully engage when the first and second modular sections are in a single orientation with respect to each other. Other implementations are described.

There is provided a shovel head of a shovel. The shovel head affixable to a shaft of the shovel, the shovel head including: an elongated socket for receiving the shaft therein at a receiving end, the socket forming one or more structural ribs, the one or more structural ribs being approximately parallel to the length of the elongated socket; and a blade connected to the socket opposite the receiving end. In a particular case, the one or more structural ribs comprise folds in the elongated socket. In a particular case, the one or more structural ribs comprises exactly three structural ribs.

There is provided a shovel head of a shovel. The shovel head affixable to a shaft of the shovel, the shovel head including: an elongated socket for receiving the shaft therein at a receiving end; a blade connected to the socket opposite the receiving end; and one or two steps extending rearwards from the top of the blade. In a particular case, the shovel head includes exactly two steps and each step is located on opposite sides of the connection to the elongated socket.

A yard tool blade is provided with a distal edge to dig a work material, with a surface to support the work material and an adaptor at a proximal end for receipt of a handle. The distal edge is sharpened to an angle within a tolerance of forty to fifty degrees for a reduced thickness to cut the work material. A method for manufacturing the yard tool blade forms a yard tool blade blank. A cutting edge is machined on a distal edge of the yard tool blade blank. The yard tool blade blank is formed into a shaped yard tool blade. The shaped yard tool blade is heat treated after the cutting edge is machined on the distal edge.

A dual function shovel and rhino tool that allows a firefighter (or other user) to easily and quickly shift between a shovel and a rhino. The dual function tool is particularly useful in wildland firefighting since only one tool needs to be carried. The dual function tool is not limited to firefighting use but can also be used when one needs two tools in the work of operation they are performing.

A hole digger is provided. The hole digger includes a first handle assembly and a second handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a first grip, a first intermediate portion, and a first blade. The first intermediate portion extends between the first grip and the first blade. The second handle assembly including a second grip, a second intermediate portion, and a second blade. The second intermediate portion extends between the second grip and the second blade. The second handle assembly is pivotally coupled to the first handle assembly such that a front surface of the first blade faces a front surface of the second blade. The first blade is not identical to the second blade.

A soil conserving shovel and grate attachment that aid a user in removing and reclaiming soil from a recently removed plant by abrading the plant's rootball back and forth against the shovel and apparatus. In addition, methods of using a shovel and grate attachment instruct a user how to efficiently reclaim soil from a plant rootball. Also described is a method of manufacturing a shovel or grate attachment that can be used for rootball thinning.

A plant tracking apparatus, system, and method for tracking planting locations of a plurality of plants configured to be planted in a ground surface using a planting utensil having a handle, a blade, and a shaft defined between the handle and the blade is disclosed herein. The plant tracking apparatus includes a housing configured to be coupled to the planting utensil. The plant track apparatus further includes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) sensor, a planting sensor, and a controller positioned within or coupled to the housing. The controller is configured to record location data from the GNSS sensor in response to a planting signal from the planting sensor. In certain embodiments, the controller may determine the planting signal by comparing data from the planting sensor to a predetermined motion profile.