Apparatus and method for picking up stickers in grassy and other areas

Apparatus for picking up stickers in grassy and other ground areas, comprising:

• a frame;
• a roller rotatably and removably mounted on the frame, and,
• wherein the frame has laterally spaced legs having end portions with connecting members that are removably connected to the roller,
• wherein each end portion connecting member has an opening therethrough, and the roller comprises an endplate adjacent to he end portion and having a button movably mounted therein and biased to an outer position wherein an outer closed end of the button extends through the opening in the end portion of the frame leg, and
• wherein the end portion connecting member is circular and the opening is in a center thereof, the endplate has an inwardly extending cylindrical portion with a closed inner end and longitudinal slots therethrough spaced around a periphery thereof, the button has inwardly extending circumferentially spaced flexible and resilient legs disposed within the endplate cylindrical portion with radially outwardly extending tabs on inner ends of the button legs that are slidably mounted within the slots and limit outward movement of the button relative to the endplate, and a spring is disposed between the closed inner end of the endplate cylindrical portion and the outer closed end of the button to urge the button to the outer position, whereby inward pressure on the outer end of the button moves it inwardly against the spring to facilitate the removal of the outer button end from the connecting member opening and the removal of the roller from the frame legs, and
• a stretchable fabric removably mounted and stretched on an outer surface of the roller and being of a construction and thickness to pick up stickers as the roller is moved by the frame and rotated in engagement with a grassy or other ground area.