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US 12,484,476 B2Granted
Deck mountable string trimmer attachment assembly
AssigneeTrimyxs, LLC
InventorsAaron Halik, Carter Daly, Ryan Luthi, Benjamin Kehborn
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Abstract
A string trimmer attachment assembly for a lawn mower includes a deck attachment mount; a turret mounted to the deck attachment mount about an axis; a trimmer head; a first arm mountable to the turret, the first arm adjustable along a first axis; a second arm mountable to the trimmer head, the second arm adjustable along a second axis; and a coupling to connect the first arm and the second arm such that the second arm is transverse to the first arm.
Claims17
A string trimmer attachment assembly for a lawn mower, comprising:
- a deck attachment mount;
- a turret mounted to the deck attachment mount about a turret axis that extends through the deck attachment mount;
- a trimmer head;
- a first arm mountable to the turret, the first arm comprises an inner first arm portion telescopically adjustable with respect to an outer first arm portion along a first axis, wherein the first arm is positionable in elevation about an elevation axis defined by the turret, the elevation axis offset and transverse from the turret axis, wherein the first arm is movable in elevation between a lower stop and an upper stop defined by the turret, the first arm positionable in azimuth about the turret axis;
- a cam-lock to retain the inner first arm portion with respect to the outer first arm portion along the first axis;
- a torsion spring mounted about the elevation axis to bias the first arm in elevation toward the ground;
- a second arm mountable to the trimmer head, the second arm adjustable along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis;
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- a coupling at an interface between the first arm and the second arm such that the second arm is adjustable along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
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A turret for a string trimmer attachment assembly, comprising:
- a support pin that defines a turret axis;
- a lower turret plate fastened to the support pin;
- a middle turret plate rotationally mounted to the support pin, the middle turret plate comprises a multiple of apertures located at least partially around the turret axis;
- an upper turret plate rotationally mounted to the support pin, the upper turret plate comprises side plates;
- a pin that extends through the upper turret plate and one of the multiple of apertures in the middle turret plate;
- a torsion spring about the support pin, the torsion spring engaged with the middle turret plate and the lower turret plate to spring bias the upper turret plate in azimuth with respect to the lower turret plate about the turret axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.