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US 8,464,504 B1Granted
Edger and trimmer for riding mower
OwnerJoseph I. Huffinventor
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Abstract
A combination edger and trimmer is for mounting on a riding lawn mower's deck. The edger/trimmer comprises a deck mount plate, an intermediate plate and a motor mount plate. The three plates are offset from one another with the intermediate plate hingeably attached to the deck mount plate and also to the motor mount plate. An electric motor with a cutting head is attached to the motor mount plate. The edger/trimmer is positioned in rest, edging, or trimming positions by manually moving the plates about their hinge points.
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An electric edger/trimmer for mounting on a mower deck of a riding lawn mower, said edger/trimmer comprising:
- (a) a deck mount plate for permanent attachment to the mower deck, said plate having a first free edge and an opposed second edge;
- (b) an intermediate plate for attachment to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate wherein the intermediate plate has a first edge and an opposed second edge and further wherein the intermediate plate is comprised of a proximal leg having the first edge, a mid leg and a distal leg with the proximal and distal legs lying in substantially parallel planes and each connected to the mid leg extending at a substantial right angle to each said proximal and distal leg and further wherein the first edge of the proximal leg of the intermediate plate is hingeably connected to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate;
- (c) a motor mount plate for attachment to the intermediate plate wherein the motor mount plate is hingeably connected to the opposed second edge of the intermediate plate;
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- (d) an electric motor attached to the motor mount plate, said electric motor having a drive shaft connected to a cutting head for edging and trimming a lawn,
- wherein the electric edger/trimmer is positioned in (1) a rest position by manually moving both the motor mount plate and the intermediate plate about their respective hinge points until the electric motor rests on the deck mount plate, (2) an edging position by manually moving the intermediate plate about its attachment to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate until the electric motor rests on the intermediate plate or (3) a trimming position by manually moving both the intermediate plate and/or the motor mount plate about their respective hinge points until fully extended.
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An electric edger/trimmer for mounting on a mower deck of a riding lawn mower, said edger/trimmer comprising:
- (a) a deck mount plate for permanent attachment to the mower deck, said plate having a first free edge and an opposed second edge;
- (b) an intermediate plate, having a proximal leg hingeably attached to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate, a mid leg, and a distal leg, said proximal and distal legs lying in substantially parallel planes and the mid leg extending at a substantial right angle to the proximal and distal legs and connected thereto;
- (c) a motor mount plate hingeably attached to the distal leg of the intermediate plate;
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- (d) an electric motor attached to the motor mount plate, said electric motor having a drive shaft connected to a cutting head for edging and trimming a lawn,
- wherein the electric edger/trimmer is positioned in (1) a rest position by manually moving both the motor mount plate and the intermediate plate about their respective hinge points until the electric motor rests on the deck mount plate, (2) an edging position by manually moving the intermediate plate about its attachment to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate until the electric motor rests on the intermediate plate or (3) a trimming position by manually moving both the intermediate plate and/or the motor mount plate about their respective hinge points until fully extended.
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An electric edger/trimmer for mounting on a mower deck of a riding lawn mower, said edger/trimmer comprising:
- (a) a deck mount plate for permanent attachment to the mower deck, said plate having a first free edge and an opposed second edge and further having a rest pad secured thereto near the first free edge;
- (b) an intermediate plate, having a proximal leg hingeably attached to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate, a mid leg, and a distal leg, said proximal and distal legs lying in substantially parallel planes and the mid leg extending at a substantial right angle to the proximal and distal legs and connected thereto, and further having a magnet secured to a top side of the distal leg for holding the electric motor when the edger/trimmer is in an edging position;
- (c) a motor mount plate hingeably attached to the distal leg of the intermediate plate;
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- (d) an electric motor attached to the motor mount plate, said electric motor having a drive shaft connected to a cutting head for edging and trimming a lawn,
- wherein the electric edger/trimmer is positioned in (1) a rest position by manually moving both the motor mount plate and the intermediate plate about their respective hinge points until the electric motor rests on the deck mount plate, (2) the edging position by manually moving the intermediate plate about its attachment to the opposed second edge of the deck mount plate until the electric motor rests on the intermediate plate or (3) a trimming position by manually moving both the intermediate plate and/or the motor mount plate about their respective hinge points until fully extended.
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