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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186135 | Electrically-powered combination lawn mower, trimmer and edger An electrically powered two wheel mowing, trimming and edging apparatus is disclosed. A rotating cutting head is cantilevered in front of the wheels, with a battery positioned behind the wheels to act as a counterweight to the cutting head. A caster below the batter... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8046980 | Weed whacker attachment The weed whacker attachment includes a weed whacker that extends via an arm from a mounting means that attaches upon the deck of a lawnmower. A pivoting motor rests atop the mounting means and rotates the arm around the deck of the lawn mower, which moves the weed w... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8001752 | Auxiliary device for a lawn mower An auxiliary device is adapted to be electrically connected to a lawn mower, and includes a connecting unit having a first arcuate rack member, a housing turnably mounted on the connecting unit, a guard member turnably mounted on the housing and having a second arcu... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7975459 | String trimmer attachment for a riding lawn mower A mower attachment, such as a string trimmer, is removably connectable to the forward end of a riding mower, such as a zero turn mower. The attachment is easily connected to and removed from the mower. The attachment has a control lever which is positioned on the at... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7963092 | Trimmer with cutting height adjustment A trimmer includes a working head having a housing and a handle that extends outwardly from a rear end of the housing, at least one wheel mounted on the rear end of the housing, a support element for supporting the working head that is located below the housing and ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7950211 | Power tool for facilitating an operator's alternative cutting of foliage over the ground and along the ground A power tool for facilitating an operator's cutting of foliage over and along the ground, the tool including a case; a tubular shaft fixedly attached to and extending forwardly from the case; a flexible line trimmer head mounted at the tubular shaft's distal end; a ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7827771 | Mower with disc-shaped mowing blade A mower carried on shoulders or back to be used. A bowl-shaped contact member is disposed under a rotating body driven to rotate around a vertical axis as to be freely rotate around the axis. And, a bottom wall face portion of the bowl-shaped contact member has a fl... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823370 | Wheeled weed trimmer support apparatus The wheeled weed trimmer support apparatus provides a vehicle for supporting a weed trimmer by adjustably clamping the trimmer shaft, typically above the shaft bend, in two spaced apart locations. By adjustably supporting the shaft with respect to both height and an... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7661252 | Ground surface slide guide of a grass cutter and grass cutter The present invention relates to a ground surface slide guide having a resin body made of synthetic resin, and a metal hub integrally coupled to the resin body to rotate together. The resin body is composed of a tubular body and a flange extending upward to the outs... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7624559 | Anti-wrapping trimmer with idle mow ball A mower carried on shoulders or back to be used. A bowl-shaped contact member is disposed under a rotating body driven to rotate around a vertical axis as to be freely rotate around the axis. And, a bottom wall face portion of the bowl-shaped contact member has a fl... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7617661 | Tri-wheeled modular housing telescopic grass trimmer The present invention relates to a grass trimmer comprising a wheeled carriage, a motorized cutting element situated in a housing unit fitted to said carriage, and an integrated hand lever, the improvements comprising the cutting element being situated between front... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7415999 | Tree grubber and push bar attachment device An attachment for front end loaders and for tree cutting devices attached to a front end loader provides a hydraulically extending serrated edge which may be positioned below the ground surface in front of the loader or the tree cutting device to remove small saplin... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416040 | Travelling device particularly for self-propelled mower Travelling device (20) particularly for self-propelled mower comprises a frame (1) provided with several identical travelling units (21) arranged on its circumference. Each travelling unit (21) comprises a flexibly suspended travelling wh... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412768 | Invertible trimmer line spool for a vegetation trimmer apparatus A vegetation trimmer comprising an elongate main handle to which is connected a motor that rotatably drives a trimmer head located at a distal end of the handle. The trimmer head defines a rotational axis and includes a housing and a spool rotatably received in the ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7398637 | Accessory mounting system for a riding lawnmower The present invention is related to lawn maintenance and describes a system for mounting an accessory, such as a grass trimmer, to a riding lawnmower. The mounting system is simple, durable, and relatively inexpensive to manufacture and maintain, but provides a lawn... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395601 | Rotary flail feeding device A rotary flail feeding device for trimming vegetation includes a head for storing flail line and a unitary, removable subassembly comprising a winding post and a line guide ring rotatably mounted on the post. The subassembly is removed from the head to facilitate lo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7370424 | Cutting string for plant cutting appliance A plant or vegetation cutting device which comprises a rotary cutting head and at least one cutting filament or string extending radially from the head, such that upon rotation of the head, the string is extended by centrifugal force and cuts through the plants or v... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370388 | Air cleaner for portable engine An air cleaner for a portable engine, includes an air cleaner case attached to an upper part of an engine body of the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is supported on an upper wall of a shroud covering the engine. Preferably, the air cleaner case is formed i... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370459 | Agricultural machine, particularly of the rotary mower type, comprising an improved chopping device An agricultural machine fitted with a chopping device. The chopping device includes a guard, at least three chopping members disposed above the guard and that are linked thereto to pivot around a shaft directed upwards, and transmission elements that rotate the chop... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360350 | Weed trimmer carriage A weed trimmer carriage is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the weed trimmer carriage includes an elongated crossbar, at least one wheel carried by the crossbar and a clamp carried by the crossbar. A weed trimming apparatus is also disclosed. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343725 | Cutting attachment for vehicle A debris cutting system for attachment to a vehicle. The system includes a nose shaped projection that extends horizontally in the forward direction from the forward moving end of the vehicle. The projection includes a front blade mount subsystem, a pair of rear bla... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340877 | Cutter unit support roller A vegetation cutter to be mounted on a support vehicle for transport and deployment, has a housing with a rotating blade therein. The housing has a roller mounted for rotation forming the bottom edge of a side of the housing. The roller supports the cutter, allowing... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334387 | Adjustable sidekick trimmer device mounted on a tractor or a like vehicle for trimming the edges of a lawn An adjustable sidekick trimmer device (23) having a height that can be set to any deck of a tractor (24) having an adjustable mounting plate (25). The deck belt (14) can be changed without taking the whole system apart upon removal of upp... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328529 | Mower convertible into a tracked implement and vice versa This invention relates to a mower and a tracked implement that convert from one to the other by coupling a mower unit or a tracked unit to a common drive unit. The drive unit is thus used in both products to provide cost savings in the purchase of the equipment. In ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325755 | Rotary tool for spreading particulate materials and method of using the same The rotary tool for spreading particulate materials from a mound of the same. The tool has an elongated shaft with a rotatable body mounted proximate a first end thereof. The body has a peripheral edge with a plurality of flexible fingers radiating outwardly therefr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7302790 | Adjustable spindle assembly for a grass trimmer An adjustable spindle assembly comprising a spindle housing, a keyed spindle shaft rotatably connected to the spindle housing, a mow ball rotatably connected to one end of the keyed spindle shaft, and a string carrier assembly adjustably connected in between the spi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287364 | Fence Mower A fence mower comprising a base frame connected to an agricultural tractor, a swing away cutting and dirt removal arm mounted by a pivot pin to the base frame to produce a mower assembly which is free floating by being connected to the agricultural tractor using a 3... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275325 | Bush cutting machine A bush cutting machine with a tubular operating pole connected to an outlet of an exhaust muffler and doubling as an exhaust passage is provided. Exhaust gases discharged from an engine flow from the exhaust muffler through the operating pole and are then discharged... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7266893 | Filament trimmer with dual triggers A filament trimmer includes a rotatable trimmer head having an outwardly extending filament. The trimmer has an upper handle that the operator can grip to operate the trimmer in either a trim mode or an edge mode. In the trim mode, the filament extending outwardly f... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266892 | Device for a portable tool such as a brush cutter This invention relates to a device for a portable tool, such as a brush cutter or the like, comprising a shaft tube (11) that via a shaft tube securing means is connected to a drive unit (10). The shaft tube securing means comprises a first sleeve shap... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257898 | Cutting head for string trimmer A cutting head for a string trimmer is provided which accommodates any string gauge thickness and may be easily and quickly re-threaded upon failure of a string previously disposed therein. The cutting head has spring-biased clamping members which are each mounted w... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246669 | Sod cutting device A sod cutting device containing aspects of the present invention contains an angled blade having a vertical cutting edge and a horizontal cutting edge. The angled blade is secured to a body member that in turn is movably affixed to a vehicle. Such a device may be us... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222476 | Hand-pushed mower A hand-pushed mower of which blade height setter is provided with a sphere rolling on the ground, many small spheres holding the sphere as to freely roll, a semi-spherical receiving member forming a gap between an upper spherical face of the sphere to hold the many ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219431 | Trimmer with replaceable line cartridge An improved line trimmer (10) for weed or grass cutting is provided which includes a operating head (16) having a rotatable housing (44) with cutting line outlet openings (68). A replaceable line cartridge (18) having a supply (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219488 | Mounting apparatus for string trimmer for and with lawn mower multi-task unit A mounting apparatus is provided that attaches a string trimmer to a lawn mower. The mounting apparatus comprises components that provide for mechanical absorption of impacts to a head of the string trimmer. In one embodiment, the mounting apparatus comprises a lowe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216471 | Attachable carriage for converting an edge trimmer to a lawnmower Some embodiments of the invention provide a multipurpose gardening tool having an attachable circular carriage for converting an edge trimmer to a lawnmower for cutting and trimming grass and bushes. The circular carriage has an opening configured for receiving the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210231 | Noise-reducing cutting line for a vegetation cutting device A cutting line for brush-cutting, edge-trimming and similar has a generally circular cross-section and, on its periphery, has a plurality of notches spaced apart by a distance of between 12 and 19 mm approximately and aligned along at least one direction parallel to... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7185479 | Mower head with movable guard A mower head has a deck with at least three sides and at least one side wall depending from the deck. A cutting blade is rotatably mounted to the deck on an axis extending through the deck. The deck is disposed above and generally parallel to the blade. A guard asse... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174639 | Bush cutting machine A vegetation cutting machine has a tubular operation rod, a motor mounted to an end of the operation rod, a drive shaft extending through the operation rod and driven by the motor, a cutting tool provided at a distal end of the operation rod to undergo rotation with... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165383 | Trimmer attachment for mower deck A trimmer attachment for mower deck having a servo connectable to a lawn mower deck. The servo is capable of angular actuation. A line trimmer is connected to the servo. The line trimmer has a bottom side. The line trimmer is capable of feeding line upon tapping the... | 01/23/2007 |
