Combination blower and herbicide spraying
OwnerFrancisco Loacesinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for performing grounds maintenance functions and dispensing a fluid includes a grounds maintenance device and a fluid spraying device. The spraying device includes a container mounted on the grounds maintenance device for holding the fluid, and a spraying member in communication with the container for spraying the fluid. The spraying member is moveable from a carrying position in which the spraying member is carried on the grounds maintenance device to a spraying position in which the spraying member is moveable independent of the grounds maintenance device.
Claims20
A grounds maintenance apparatus comprising:
- (a) a grounds maintenance device adapted for being carried by a user and performing a predetermined grounds maintenance function;
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- (b) a spraying device for spraying a fluid comprising:
- (i) a container mounted on the grounds maintenance device for holding the fluid,
- (ii) and a spraying member in communication with the container for spraying the fluid, the spraying member moveable from a carrying position wherein the spraying member is carried on the grounds maintenance device to a spraying position wherein the spraying member is moveable independent of the grounds maintenance device.
A grounds maintenance apparatus comprising:
- (a) a leaf blower unit having an elongate tube for dispensing a stream of air;
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- (b) a spraying device for spraying a fluid comprising:
- (i) a container mounted on the leaf blower unit for holding the fluid,
- (ii) and a wand in communication with the container for spraying the fluid, the wand moveable from a carrying position wherein the wand is carried on the leaf blower unit, and a spraying position wherein the wand is moveable independent of the leaf blower unit.
A method of landscaping comprising:
- (a) providing an apparatus comprising a grounds maintenance device for performing a predetermined grounds maintenance function and a spraying device for spraying a fluid, the spraying device including a container mounted on the grounds maintenance device for holding the fluid and a spraying member in communication with the container for spraying the fluid, the spraying member moveable from a carrying position wherein the spraying member is carried on the grounds maintenance device, and a spraying position wherein the spraying member is moveable independent of the grounds maintenance device;
- (b) using the grounds maintenance device to perform the predetermined grounds maintenance function while the spraying member is maintained in the carrying position;
- (c) removing the spraying member from the grounds maintenance device;
- (d) pointing a terminal end of the spraying member at a desired location for spraying the fluid thereon;
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- (e) spraying the fluid at the desired location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.