Motorized vegetation trimmer with movable platform

An apparatus for trimming vegetation, comprising:

• a platform moveable from a first position to a second position, and having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge;
• a power source attached to the platform and having a drive shaft extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the platform;
• cutter means for trimming vegetation;
• the cutter means further includes at least one rotatable cutter pulley and a plurality of flexible blades pivotally mounted to the cutter pulley;
• a drive belt positioned in operative engagement with the drive shaft and the at least one cutter pulley to rotate the cutter pulley in response to an applied torque applied to the drive belt by the drive shalt;
• at least one idler pulley having a tendency to tighten the drive belt;
• an attachment arm;
• biasing means for biasing the platform to the first position;
• the attachment arm further includes roller means for maintaining the attachment arm in parallel alignment with the platform;
• the roller means includes a slot in formed in and extending through the platform, a roller shalt attached to the attachment arm and reciprocal within the slot, a rotatable roller, wherein the roller is provided to maintain operable contact with the bottom surface of the platform and provide stability to the platform when it moves between the first and second positions;
• and
• wheel means for positioning the platform in parallel alignment with a ground surface from which the vegetation to be trimmed grows and enabling the apparatus to roll over the ground surface.