Steerable mobile cart to deposit yard waste directly from a leaf vacuum into a disposable yard waste bag
OwnerDaniel S. Diverinventor
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Abstract
The Invention is a steerable, mobile wheeled cart made to hold, support and protect a standard 40.6 cmW×30.5 cmD×89 cmH paper yard waste bag or similar while allowing leaves and debris vacuumed and discharged from a portable leaf blower/vacuum, while in vacuum mode, to pass through a hose and then deposit directly inside of the standard 40.6 cmW×30.5 cmD×89 cmH paper yard waste bag.
Claims17
A steerable and mobile, wheeled cart for collecting leaf and yard debris adapted for use with a portable leaf blower/vacuum that is constructed to:
- contain a standard paper yard waste bag;
- the cart allows for leaves and debris to be directly deposited into said standard paper yard waste bag from a hose connected to a discharge end of the portable leaf blower/vacuum, while in vacuum mode, which comprises:
- a) a chassis comprised of a frame whereby two wheels that, fixed to rotate in a directional movement of forward and backward, are attached on distal ends of a transverse axle located on a back end of said chassis;
- one or more castor wheels located on a front end of said chassis which allow the chassis to be steer controlled;
- b) a guide wire is connected to the front end of the chassis and a distal end of the hose;
- the chassis is connected to the cart to allow the cart to be moved, steered and to follow an operator by directional tension applied to the hose connected to the cart or by directional tension applied to the guide wire;
- c) the cart has a flat bottom oriented at an upwardly turned angle and the flat bottom is rectangular in shape with either square or rounded corners;
- at least two sides of the flat bottom are raised higher than the flat bottom to form an enclosed or partially enclosed space;
- the flat bottom with raised sides is made to fit, securely hold, protect and support the bottom of the standard paper yard waste bag;
- d) the cart has a flat back that is sized to hold the standard paper yard waste bag and is maintained at a second angle to the ground with a top higher than a bottom and is further at a 90 degree angle with respect to the flat bottom of the cart;
- the back of the cart is set at an angle to securely hold, support and protect the longest and widest part of the standard paper yard waste bag;
- e) a lid, which is attached to the cart by a swivel or hinge, is substantially the same in shape to a top opening of the standard paper yard waste bag but is less in length and width measurements to the top opening of said bag;
- f) the lid has a top and bottom flat surface and four sides that form a rectangular shape;
- and openings or holes that allow air to flow through the lid;
- g) the lid has screen material attached to the top, the bottom or both the top and bottom surface;
- h) built as part of the lid or attached to the lid is an inlet tube;
- the inlet tube passes from the top of the lid through to the underside of the lid providing an opening through the lid;
- the inlet tube has a top portion which is set at an angle to the lid but becomes perpendicular to the lid prior to contacting the top of the lid and remains perpendicular to the lid after passing through the lid;
- i) the top of the inlet tube has a connection means for connecting the hose;
- j) the hose connects proximally to the inlet tube via the connection means and distally to the discharge end of the portable leaf blower/vacuum via a universal adapter or a leaf blower/vacuum brand specific adapter;
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- k) a side portion, a top end portion, and straps at the side portion of the cart adjacent to the top end portion of the cart, wherein the straps wrap and hold the opening of the standard paper yard waste bag around the lid.
A steerable and mobile, wheeled cart for collecting leaf and yard debris adapted for use with a portable leaf blower/vacuum that is constructed to:
- contain a standard paper yard waste bag;
- the cart allows for leaves and debris to be directly deposited into said standard paper yard waste bag from a hose connected to a discharge end of the portable leaf blower/vacuum, while in vacuum mode;
- wherein the cart comprises:
- a) a chassis comprising a frame with at least two wheels for directional movement of the chassis forward and backward which allow the chassis to be steer controlled;
- the chassis is connected to the cart to allow the cart to be moved, steered and to follow an operator;
- b) the cart has a substantially flat bottom that is made to fit, hold, and support a bottom of the standard paper yard waste bag;
- c) the cart has a flat back that is sized to hold the standard paper yard waste bag and is maintained at a second angle to the ground with a top higher than a bottom and is further at a 90 degree angle with respect to the flat bottom of the cart;
- the back of the cart is set at an angle to securely hold and support the standard paper yard waste bag;
- d) a lid, which is attached to the cart, is substantially the same in shape and size to a top opening of the standard paper yard waste bag;
- the lid has a top flat surface and a bottom flat surface, with openings or holes therethrough that allow air to flow through the lid;
- built as part of the lid or attached to the lid is an inlet tube;
- the inlet tube passes from the top of the lid through to the underside of the lid providing an opening through the lid;
- the top of the inlet tube has a connection means for connecting the hose;
- e) the hose connects proximally to the inlet tube via the connection means and distally to the discharge end of the portable leaf blower/vacuum;
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- f) a side portion, a top end portion, and elasticised straps;
- at the side portion of the cart adjacent to the top end portion of the cart, wherein the elasticised straps wrap and hold the opening of the standard paper yard waste bag around the lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.