Leaf receptacle lid
OwnerHubert W. Marcum, Stephen M. DeVoreinventors
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Abstract
A leaf receptacle lid attaches to a hand-held portable lawn blower/vacuum having an inlet for drawing air and leaves into the blower/vacuum and having a hose outlet for discharging the air and leaves. The lid contains a vertical chute and an overhanging horizontal lip. The chute is adapted to hold a flexible leaf receptacle and the overhanging lip is adapted to rest upon a support. The lid also contains a hinged door having an opening connected to the frame. The lid further contains a porous conduit having an inlet adapted to removably connect to the hose outlet of the blower/vacuum and having an outlet that communicates with the opening in the door.
Claims12
A leaf receptacle lid for attachment to a hand-held portable lawn blower/vacuum having an inlet for drawing air and leaves into the blower/vacuum and having a hose outlet for discharging the air and leaves into a flexible leaf receptacle, the lid comprising:
- (a) an open frame having a vertical chute and an overhanging horizontal lip, the chute adapted to hold a flexible leaf receptacle and the overhanging lip adapted to rest upon a support;
- (b) a hinged door connected to the frame, the door having an opening that communicates with the chute;
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- (c) a porous conduit having an inlet adapted to removably connect to a hose outlet of a blower/vacuum and having an outlet that communicates with the opening in the door.
A leaf receptacle lid for attachment to a hand-held portable lawn blower/vacuum having an inlet for drawing air and leaves into the blower/vacuum and having a hose outlet for discharging the air and leaves into a flexible leaf receptacle, the lid comprising:
- (a) an open frame having a vertical chute and an overhanging horizontal lip, the chute adapted to hold a flexible leaf receptacle and the overhanging lip adapted to rest upon a support;
- (b) a hinged door connected to the frame, the door having an opening that communicates with the chute;
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- (c) a porous conduit having an inlet adapted to removably connect to a hose outlet of a blower/vacuum and having an outlet that communicates with the opening in the door, the conduit running substantially parallel to the door and then bending into the door opening so that a portion of the air entering the conduit passes out the conduit before entering the leaf receptacle.
A leaf receptacle apparatus for attachment to a lawn blower/vacuum having an inlet for drawing air and leaves into the blower/vacuum and having a hose outlet for discharging the air and leaves into a flexible leaf receptacle, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a scissoring stand;
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- (b) a lid comprising:
- (i) an open frame having a vertical chute and an overhanging horizontal lip, the chute adapted to hold a flexible leaf receptacle and the overhanging lip adapted to rest upon the support;
- (ii) a hinged door connected to the frame, the door having an opening that communicates with the chute;
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- (iii) a porous conduit having an inlet adapted to removably connect to a hose outlet of a blower/vacuum and having an outlet that communicates with the opening in the door, the conduit running substantially parallel to the door and then bending into the door opening so that a portion of the air entering the conduit passes out the conduit before entering the leaf receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.