(under subclass 50) Apparatus including (1) a sharpened means to penetrate the surface of an object being recovered, or (2) means disclosed as being specially adapted to hook or catch into or around a reentrant or elongated above ground portion of said object in order to hold on to said object and remove it from the ground.
(1) Note. The snagging means is usually employed to hook or catch into vines which fold or drape over said means or tangle therewith in order to pull out the vines.
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70, and 84+, for devices which penetrate into the ground and entangle only with the roots of plants.