# US 10,117,372 B1 · Apparatus configured to act as both an edger and a sod cutter > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,117,372 B1 - Document ID: US10117372B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/131,734 - Filed: 2016-04-18 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-23 - Applicants: Thomas David Reed - Inventors: Thomas David Reed - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10117372B1 ## CPC - A01B 49/02: with two or more soil-working tools of different kind - A01B 49/022: {at least one tool being actively driven} - A01G 3/062: {Motor-driven edge trimmers} - A01G 20/12: Apparatus for cutting sods or turfs - A01B: SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL (making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring A01C5/00; mowers convertible to soil working apparatus or capable of soil working A01D42/04; mowers combined with soil working implements A01D43/12; soil working for engineering purposes E01, E02, E21) - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) ## Abstract Described herein is a combination apparatus and methods of using the combination apparatus. The combination apparatus is operable as both an edger and a sod cutter. The combination apparatus includes an arm that oscillates when driven by a motor. Both a sod cutter blade and an edger blade are coupled to the arm. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A combination apparatus that is operable as both an edger and sod cutter, the combination apparatus comprising: an arm mechanically linked to a motor, the arm having a first side and a second side that opposes the first side, the arm positionable in a first position and a second position; a sod cutter blade that is coupled to the arm and extends orthogonally from the first side of the arm; an attachment apparatus that is removably attachable to the arm on the second side of the arm, wherein the attachment apparatus comprises a channel that is parallel to the second side of the arm; a blade support that is formed to be slideable in the channel of the attachment apparatus; and an edger blade that is removably attachable to the blade support such that the edger blade is moveably positionable relative to the arm, wherein when the arm is positioned in the first position the combination apparatus is operable as a sod cutter, and when the arm is positioned in the second position the combination apparatus is operable as an edger. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, the attachment apparatus formed of steel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, the attachment apparatus formed of plastic. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, wherein the attachment apparatus comprises two posts on a face of the attachment apparatus that are parallel to one another, the two posts form the channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, the channel being a recess in the face of the attachment apparatus. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, the attachment apparatus being a rectangular plate, the attachment apparatus comprises an elongated aperature along a length of the rectangular plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The combination apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a lever-bolt apparatus that is configured to secure the attachment apparatus to the attachment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a u-bracket, where an interior face of the u-bracket is adjacent to the first side of the arm, wherein the u-bracket is configured to securely fix the attachment apparatus to the arm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The combination apparatus of claim 8, wherein the u-bracket comprises an aperture and the attachment apparatus comprises an aperture, wherein the aperture of the u-bracket and the aperture of the attachment apparatus are aligned when the attachment apparatus is securely fixed to the arm, and wherein a threaded bolt extends through the aperture of the u-bracket and the aperture of the attachment apparatus to mechanically fix the u-bracket to the attachment apparatus and thereby securely fix the attachment apparatus to the arm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, wherein the edger blade is angularly offset from the arm. ### Claim 11 A combination apparatus that is operable as both an edger and sod cutter, the combination apparatus comprising: an arm mechanically linked to a motor, the arm having a first side and a second side that opposes the first side, the arm positionable in a first position and a second position; a sod cutter blade that is coupled to the arm and extends orthogonally from the first side of the arm; an attachment apparatus that is removably attachable to the arm on the second side of the arm; a u-bracket, where an interior face of the u-bracket is adjacent to the first side of the arm, wherein the u-bracket is configured to securely fix the attachment apparatus to the arm; and an edger blade that is removably attachable to the attachment apparatus, wherein when the arm is positioned in the first position the combination apparatus is operable as a sod cutter, and when the arm is positioned in the second position the combination apparatus is operable as an edger. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The combination apparatus of claim 11, the attachment apparatus formed of steel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The combination apparatus of claim 11, the attachment apparatus formed of plastic. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The combination apparatus of claim 11, wherein the attachment apparatus comprises a channel that is parallel to the second side of the arm, the combination apparatus further comprises a blade support, the edger blade removably attachable to the blade support, the blade support formed to be slideable in the channel of the attachment apparatus such that the edger blade is moveably positionable relative to the arm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The combination apparatus of claim 14, wherein the attachment apparatus comprises two posts on a face of the attachment apparatus that are parallel to one another, the two posts form the channel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The combination apparatus of claim 14, the channel being a recess in the face of the attachment apparatus. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The combination apparatus of claim 14, the attachment apparatus being a rectangular plate, the attachment apparatus comprises an elongated aperature along a length of the rectangular plate. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The combination apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a lever-bolt apparatus that is configured to secure the attachment apparatus to the attachment. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The combination apparatus of claim 1, wherein the u-bracket comprises an aperture and the attachment apparatus comprises an aperture, wherein the aperture of the u-bracket and the aperture of the attachment apparatus are aligned when the attachment apparatus is securely fixed to the arm, and wherein a threaded bolt extends through the aperture of the u-bracket and the aperture of the attachment apparatus to mechanically fix the u-bracket to the attachment apparatus and thereby securely fix the attachment apparatus to the arm. ### Claim 20 A combination apparatus that is operable as both a sod cutter and an edger, the combination apparatus comprises: a motor; an arm mechanically linked to the motor that oscillates when driven by the motor, the arm having a first side and a second side that opposes the first side, the arm positionable in a first position and a second position; a sod cutter blade attached to a first side of the arm that extends orthogonally from the first side of the arm; an attachment apparatus that is removably attachable to the arm on the second side of the arm, wherein the attachment apparatus comprises a channel that is parallel to the second side of the arm; a blade support that is formed to be slideable in the channel of the attachment apparatus; a u-bracket, where an interior face of the u-bracket is adjacent to the first side of the arm, wherein the u-bracket is configured to securely fix the attachment apparatus to the arm; an edger blade that is removably attachable to the blade support such that the edger blade is moveably positionable relative to the arm, wherein when the arm is positioned in the first position the combination apparatus is operable as a sod cutter, and when the arm is positioned in the second position the combination apparatus is operable as an edger; and an edger blade that is removably attached to the blade support such that the edger blade is moveably positionable relative to the arm, wherein when the arm is positioned in the first position the combination apparatus is operable as a sod cutter, and when the arm is positioned in the second position the combination apparatus is operable as an edger.