US 5,251,428 A · Sickle-bar mower

Abstract

A multi-purpose yard maintenance apparatus consisting of a sickle-bar mower, a sickle-bar hedge trimmer and a garden tiller. The apparatus comprises a gasoline engine and a handle assembly having a pair of handles The apparatus further comprises a sickle-bar frame assembly having handle mounting means, sickle-bar hedge trimmer mounting means and a pair of wheels. Also included is a tiller housing assembly having handle mounting means, engine mounting means and a set of tines Finally, a sickle-bar hedge trimmer assembly having a housing, a engine mounting means, a pair of handles and a sickle-bar cutting assembly is provided to complete the components of the apparatus. In use the tiller housing assembly, the gasoline engine, and the handle assembly may be used separately as a tiller or the hedge trimmer assembly and the gasoline engine may be used separately as a hedge trimmer or the hedge trimmer assembly, the gasoline engine and the handle assembly may be used in combination with the sickle-bar frame assembly as a sickle-bar mower.

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Dependent claims

An adaptor frame for converting multi-purpose yard equipment into a sickle-bar mowing machine, said frame comprising a horizontal bar having substantially perpendicular projections arranged at each end thereof:

each of said projections having means thereon to mount a wheel thereto;
said horizontal bar including at least first and second mounting means;
said first mounting means being adapted to secure a pair of handles to said adaptor frame and said second mounting means being adapted to secure a sickle-bar hedge trimmer to said adaptor frame;
whereby,
a sickle-bar mowing machine is formed.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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