Trimmer attachment for lawn mower
AssigneeCoJa Industries, LLC
InventorsJames Patrick, Cody Armstrong
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Abstract
A trimmer attachment for use with a lawn mower includes a deck mounting plate configured for attachment to the lawn mower, one or more mounting tabs extending up from the deck mounting plate, a curved pivoting arm rotatably coupled to the one or more mounting tabs, a pivoting motor for rotating the pivoting arm, and a trimmer head coupled to the pivoting arm. Rotation of the pivoting arm by the pivoting motor causes the trimmer head to rotate between a stowed position and an engaged position.
Claims13
A trimmer attachment for use with a lawn mower having a mower deck with a mower deck profile being defined by exterior edges of the mower deck, the trimmer attachment comprising:
- a deck mounting plate configured for attachment to the lawn mower;
- one or more mounting tabs extending up from the deck mounting plate;
- a curved pivoting arm rotatably coupled to the one or more mounting tabs, the pivoting arm being substantially cylindrical in shape;
- an arm motor for rotating the pivoting arm;
- a trimmer head coupled to the pivoting arm;
- one or more limit switches operably associated with the pivoting arm for stopping the rotation of the pivoting arm once a certain degree of rotation has been reached;
- one or more locking collars adjustably coupled to the pivoting arm;
- at least one limit switch striker carried by the locking collars;
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- one or more adjustment screws on each locking collar to adjust the location of the limit switch striker;
- wherein cylindrical rotation of the pivoting arm by the arm motor causes the trimmer head to rotate between a stowed position and an engaged position;
- wherein when the trimmer head is in the stowed position, no portion of the trimmer head extends beyond the mower deck profile;
- wherein the engaged position includes a plurality of positions with the trimmer head extending beyond the mower deck profile, the trimmer head being set in one of the plurality of positions by a selected pivoting arm rotation amount triggered by the arm motor;
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- wherein the pivoting arm is curved such that an end of the pivoting arm extends away from the mower deck.
A trimmer attachment for use with a lawn mower having a mower deck with a mower deck profile being defined by exterior edges of the mower deck, the trimmer attachment comprising:
- a deck mounting plate configured for attachment to the lawn mower;
- one or more mounting tabs extending up from the deck mounting plate;
- a curved pivoting arm rotatably coupled to the one or more mounting tabs;
- an arm motor for rotating the pivoting arm;
- a trimmer head coupled to the pivoting arm;
- one or more limit switches operably associated with the pivoting arm for stopping the rotation of the pivoting arm once a certain degree of rotation has been reached;
- one or more locking collars adjustably coupled to the pivoting arm, at least one of the one or more locking collars carrying a limit switch striker;
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- one or more adjustment screws on each locking collar to adjust the location of the limit switch striker;
- wherein rotation of the pivoting arm by the arm motor causes the trimmer head to rotate between a stowed position and an engaged position;
- wherein when the trimmer head is in the stowed position, no portion of the trimmer head extends beyond the mower deck profile;
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- wherein the engaged position includes a plurality of positions with the trimmer head extending beyond the mower deck profile, the trimmer head being set in one of the plurality of positions by a selected pivoting arm rotation amount triggered by the arm motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.