Garden roller capable of storing and dispensing liquids

Claim 1

A garden roller for leveling and flattening the surface of the ground which is capable of storing, conveying and dispensing a liquid comprising: a hollow, longitudinally extending cylindrical drum having opposed end walls, with one of said end walls having a closable opening therein for introducing a liquid into the interior of said drum; a hollow tubular handle, pivotally connected to the opposed end walls of said drum along the longitudinal axis of rotation thereof, with one of said end walls of said drum further including a flow aperture disposed along the longitudinal axis of said drum and adapted to receive one end of said hollow handle, said flow aperture being in communication with the interior of said hollow drum; means for dispensing the liquid from the interior of said drum, said dispensing means including a flexible conduit having an inlet portion disposed within said hollow drum and an outlet portion disposed exterior of said drum, said inlet portion having an open end, said conduit passing from the interior of said drum to the exterior thereof through said flow aperture and with at least a part of said outlet portion of said conduit being disposed within said hollow handle; and sealing means for preventing the liquid inside said drum from passing through said flow aperture other than through said conduit, and with the length of said inlet portion of said conduit being at least as long as the length of the radius of said drum and with the open end of said inlet portion of said conduit being provided with a weight whereby when said handle is pivoted to facilitate the conveyance of said roller, the open end of said inlet portion of said flexible conduit remains substantially in a vertically downward position adjacent the bottom of the drum, thereby enabling the entire contents of the drum to be dispensed.