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US 5,048,187 AGranted
Whip type weed cutter
OwnerPatrick J. Ryaninventor
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A cutter attachment for a mono-filament type trimmer implement including a trimmer support shaft and a cutter in the form of a rotatable mono-filament used for lawn trimming mounted at a free end thereof. The cutter attachment has a base secured to the trimmer support shaft above the cutter. An elongated swingable rod shaped guard has a closed guard end and a pair of free ends positioned in adjacency to the base. An attachment device joins the free ends of the guard to the base enabling the elongated swingable rod shaped guard to be swung from a "storage position" where the closed end of the guard rests on and overlies the shaft in a "guard position" where the closed guard end overlies the cutter for protecting shrubs, trees and the like. The guard is a triangularly shaped open ended rod that is secured by the attachment device to a conventional commercial type whip type weed cutter.
A cutter attachment for a mono-filament type trimmer implement including a trimmer support shaft and a cutter in the form of a rotatable mono-filament used for lawn trimming mounted at a free end thereof comprising a base secured to said trimmer support shaft above said cutter, an elongated swingable rod shaped guard having a closed guard end and a pair of free ends positioned in adjacency to said base, and attachment means joining said free ends of said guard to said base enabling said elongated swingable rod shaped guard to be swung from a "storage position" where said closed end of the guard rests on and overlies said shaft rearwardly behind said cutter to a "guard position" where said closed guard end extends forwardly beyond said cutter for protecting shrubs, trees and the like from the rotatable mono-filament on said cutter.
A cutter attachment for a mono-filament type trimmer implement including a trimmer support shaft and a cutter in the form of a rotatable mono-filament used for lawn trimming mounted at a free end thereof comprising a base secured to the trimmer support shaft above the cutter, an elongated swingable rod shaped guard having a closed guard end and a pair of free ends positioned in adjacency to the base, and attachment means providing a connection connecting the free ends of the guard to the base which connection can be made loose to enable the elongated swingable rod shaped guard to be swung from a "storage position" where the closed end of the guard rests on and overlies the shaft in a "guard position" where the closed guard end overlies the cutter for protecting shrubs, trees and the like and which connection can be manually adjusted to make the connection tight to hold the guard in its adjusted position.
In combination, a cutter attachment and a mono-filament type trimmer implement, said implement including a trimmer support shaft and a cutter having driven a rotatable mono-filament weed cutting line used for lawn trimming mounted at a free end of said implement, said attachment comprising a base secured to the trimmer support shaft above the cutter, an elongated swingable rod shaped guard having a closed guard end and a pair of free ends positioned in adjacency to the base, and attachment means providing a connection connecting the free ends of the guard to the base which connection can be made loose to enable the elongated swingable rod shaped guard to be swung from a "storage position" where the closed end of the guard rests on and overlies the shaft in a "guard position" where the closed guard end overlies the cutter for protecting shrubs, trees and the like and which connection can be manually adjusted to make the connection tight to hold the guard in its adjusted position.
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