Lawnmower-edge trimmer
OwnerBrad Gullettinventor
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Abstract
A lawn mower having a plurality of rotors with whip rotary blades arranged under a housing around a shaft, each having a guard over it adapted to be pulled up so that the whip blade can trim edges around trees and next to buildings.
Claims13
Apparatus for mowing a lawn and trimming edges comprising, in combination, a wheel-supported central rotary pulley-type mower having a housing with a guard extending around the lower part thereof and wheel-supporting means supporting said housing on front and rear axles for movement of said mower, said guard having a plurality of gaps therein, retractable guard elements for covering said gaps, means for retracting said guard element, a handle for guiding said apparatus, a central rotary shaft pulley rotatably supported within said housing, means for rotating said pulley, a plurality of whip blade elements arranged peripherally underneath said housing each in the vicinity of one of said gaps and each having at least one whip blade, and belt means for turning said whip blade elements.
In a kit, an assembly of mower components, said assembly of mower components adapted for assembly together as a lawnmower-edge trimmer and said components comprising as cooperating parts thereof a mower housing with a guard having gaps therein extending around the lower part of said guard, a central rotary shaft pulley, a plurality of rotary whip blade elements adapted to be arranged around said central rotary shaft pulley in the vicinity of said gaps, a belt adapted to rotate said central rotary shaft pulley and said plurality of whip blade elements, retractable guards adapted to be fastened over said gaps, axled wheels for moving said lawnmower-edge trimmer when said components are assembled together, a handle for pushing said lawnmower-edge trimmer, means for primarily turning said central shaft and secondarily said whip blade elements via said belt and means for retracting said retractable guards.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.