Mulch spreader
OwnerDimitri Whiteinventor
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Abstract
The mulch spreader is a piece of lawn maintenance equipment that comprises a rotating mulch dispensing chute and a compressed air mulch loosening feature. The mulch spreader is wheeled and has a hopper that is suspended above the ground on wheel supports. A rotating dispenser chute is situated below the hopper and the rotating action of the chute spreads mulch over a wider area than a simply ‘drop chute’ would cover. The motor that causes the chute rotation is powered by a rechargeable battery contained within the mulch spreader. The same rechargeable battery also powers an air compressor. Air from the air compressor may be used to loosen mulch in the hopper and to expel mulch from the hopper via an optional external hose.
Claims19
A mulch spreader comprising:
- a chassis, a handle, a mulch hopper subassembly, an under-chassis subassembly, a chute subassembly and an electrical subsystem;
- wherein the chassis serves as a base for the mulch hopper subassembly and an attachment point for the under-chassis subassembly;
- wherein the chute subassembly is attached to the bottom side of the chassis;
- wherein a hole in the chassis allows mulch to fall from a mulch hopper into a chute.
The mulch spreader according to claim 81
- wherein the air compressor is a mechanical air pump which sucks air in at the one or more air inlets, compresses the air, and expels pressurized air into the mulch hopper via the one or more air channels and the one or more air outlets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.