Wheeled device for hand held brush cutter
OwnerPeter L. Rappoltinventor
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Abstract
A wheeled device for use with a brush cutter, comprising: a frame; a plurality of wheels mounted on the frame to support the frame for movement over the ground; a mounting on the frame for attaching a brush cutter to the frame with a blade of a brush cutter substantially parallel to the ground. The mounting, adapted to attach to the boom of the brush cutter, is adjustable to move the center of the blade relative to the frame to accommodate different size blades and may also be adjustable to accommodate different brush cutter having different angles of boom. The mounting of the wheels may be such as to allow the separation of at least one of the wheels from at least one of the remaining wheels to be adjustable.
Claims9
An attachment for use with a brush cutter having a blade rotatable about a blade center, the attachment comprising:
- a frame having a front end and a rear end;
- three wheels mounted on the frame to support the frame for movement over the ground, the wheels comprising a front wheel mounted at the front end and two spaced apart rear wheels mounted at the rear end;
- an adjustable boom mounting means for attaching a brush cutter to the frame, the boom mounting means adapted to firmly locate the center of the blade within an area bounded by the wheels;
- the frame including two side members each side member extending generally parallel to a line joining the front wheel to the respective rear wheel so as to allow a blade of sufficient to the extend sideways of the frame while clearing the wheels;
- wherein the boom mounting means is adapted to be secured in one of a plurality of positions to position the center of the blade forwards or rearwards relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.