Hedge trimmer apparatus

A carriage for a motorized hedge trimmer comprising:

• a rollable first frame adapted to move along the ground, and having a pair of spaced wheels journalled about an axis;
• a generally straight, elongaed second frame supported by and rising from a point on said axle adjacent to one of said wheels, and including a generally vertically extending guide;
• a generally upward extending strut supported adjacent to the other of said wheels on said axle and connecting to an upper point on said second frame;
• an elevatable base supported by said second guide and adapted to be guided by said guide along said second frame;
• support means for supporting a motorized hedge trimmer on said base;
• tilt means for adjustably tilting said support means with respect to an axis which is normal to a plane parallel to the axis of said axle;
• an operating control assembly comprising:
• a triangular-shaped third frame coupled at its base to said axle and generally lying within a plane which is tilted with respect to said second frame from its base, base of third frame, to its apex,
• first control means supported at the apex of said first frame, including a first handle for providing, upon operation, a first bidirectional mechanical output, and
• second control means supported at the apex of said third frame, including a second handle for providing, upon operation, a second bidirectional mechanical output;
• elevation means responsive to a said first bi-directional output for elevating and lowering said base;
• and
• tilting means responsive to said second bi-directional output for tilting said support means with respect to a line parallel to said axle;
• whereby a motorized hedge trimmer attached to said support means may be selectively moved along a hedge and be selectively elevated and tilted.