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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7900428 | Edging and trimming apparatus for attachment to lawn mowers A gear assembly may have a first gear attached to a gear shaft and a second gear attachable to a powered rotating element of a mowing machine. An attachment element may have a shaft hole with the gear shaft rotatably inserted through the shaft hole with one end of t... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7743590 | Drive adapter for riding lawnmower An accessory drive attachment is provided. The accessory drive attachment may be attached to a lawnmower that has a hydrostatic transmission. The transmission system of the lawnmower may be used to drive a shaft of the accessory drive attachment. An accessory such a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7644565 | Lawnmower attachment device for mounting an edge trimmer thereto and method of mounting same A device for mounting an edge trimmer to a lawnmower, comprising a front clamp mounted to the lawnmower, and a rear clamp mounted to the lawnmower, wherein the front and rear clamps receive and support a shaft of the edge trimmer, and are adjustable to different ang... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7603838 | Edging attachment for a rotary lawn mower An edging attachment for a rotary lawn mower having a housing with a side wall and a cutting blade. The edging attachment comprises a flat bracket having a forward override angular edge. A mechanism is for mounting the flat bracket to the housing, so that it will ex... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7549278 | Trimmer system for a lawn mower and method of use A trimmer system for a lawn mower including a base plate attached to a deck of a lawn mower with a fastener, the base plate defining slots for receiving the fastener and enabling the base plate to be slid along a range of travel including a fully stowed position and... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7363754 | Mowing machine A control system for a trimmer head assembly includes a first arm including a first mowing device, a first cylinder connected to the first arm, a source of fluid in selective communication with the first cylinder via a fluid line, and an accumulator in selective com... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337599 | Device for processing fodder A device for processing fodder including a rotor driven in rotation about its longitudinal axis, a first guide element partially surrounding the rotor, a second guide element configured to occupy at least two positions relative to the rotor, a first control member c... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7313902 | Folding deck mechanism A lawn mowing machine having a mower deck with pivoting side wing sections. The pivoting side wing sections can be pivoted upward relative to the main deck housing. When the side wing sections are raised, the mowing machine is presented with a more narrow profile to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7171798 | Rotary shredding blade A brush cutter blade for shredding of grasses, weeds, vines and brush and also for saw cutting of saplings and tree branches, comprising a circular saw blade member with auxiliary cutting elements projecting from the underside of the blade. Several preferred embodim... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7165382 | Trimmer attachment for lawn mowers and tractors An attachment for a lawn maintenance vehicle includes a trimming apparatus. The attachment allows vertical and horizontal movement of the trimming apparatus such that lawn areas which are not accessible to the lawn maintenance vehicle's cutting apparatus can be trim... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159378 | Drive train for a header of a harvesting machine A drive train for a header of a harvesting machine comprising a variable length drive shaft. The variable length drive shaft has a first end having a first hinged connection which is connected via a drive element with a first shaft. The variable length drive shaft h... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7128164 | Vehicle mounted edging wheel system A support has a post. The post has a circular cross sectional configuration. The post extends upwardly from the support. An arm has a collar. The collar is rotatably received on the post. The collar is pivotably coupled to the collar with a finger. The finger has a ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7059107 | Multi-purpose lawn assembly An edger assembly for use with a mechanized vehicle includes a mechanized vehicle, laterally adjustable shafts extending laterally outwardly on both sides of the vehicle, and dual elongated arms attached at each end of the shafts each generally perpendicular to the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7028455 | Weed cutter mounting system A weed cutter mounting system includes a riding lawn mower that includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A chair is mounted on the riding mower between the front and back walls. A plate is attached to the first side wall of the r... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7024847 | Mower deck A mower deck includes a cutting chamber, at least one blade mounted cutting chamber and at least one deflector mounted in the cutting chamber. The at least one deflector is semi-permeable to clippings circulating in the cutting chamber. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007665 | Outboard engine An outboard engine has an internal combustion engine as a prime mover, a throttle valve device including a valve element and a valve shaft supporting the valve element, and combined with the internal combustion engine, a driven unit combined with the throttle valve ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6964151 | Cutting device with cutting cylinder unit having curved cutting surfaces for shaping a plant and a vehicle provided with a cutting device of this type A cutting cylinder unit and cutting divice for shaping a plant, such as a boxwood bush. The cutting device comprises at least one cutting cylinder unit. The cutting cylinder unit comprises a cutting cylinder with a surface of revolution which is rotationally symmetr... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6938699 | Variable angle powered work implement A walk-behind power unit is configured to detachably mount a variety of work implements to perform a corresponding variety of operations from a single power unit. The power unit includes an implement mounting mechanism that is pivotable about a generally vertical pi... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928799 | Apparatus for fine pulverization of dry leaves and garden debris An apparatus for finely pulverizing lawn debris has a central drive shaft driven by a gasoline or electrical power source. Lawn debris is drawn into a suction and grinding chamber by the rotation of a distribution plate which has a plurality of curved impeller blade... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6691792 | Edger attachment apparatus for a string trimmer device An edger attachment apparatus is provided for attaching to a drive-shaft-to-attachment coupling of a string trimmer device after the string trimmer head has been detached from the drive-shaft-to-attachment coupling. A relatively small diameter, power tran... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6591592 | Rotating mower assembly A mower assembly including a platform for being mounted on one side of a mobile machine and a housing concentrically mounted on the platform for rotation relative thereto. A drive assembly is positioned in the housing and is driven by a power supply. A bl... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6546706 | Mower deck and trimmer combination The apparatus is a trimmer and mower deck combination comprising a trimmer resiliently positioned with respect to the mower deck for horizontal movement with respect to the mower deck. A resilient member holds the trimmer in an extended position away from... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6487838 | Mower and string trimmer combination A zero turning radius mowing machine has a string trimmer bracket-mounted to it. An extra sheave is mounted to a mower blade shaft above the mower deck, and belt-coupled through an electric clutch to a hydraulic pump mounted on the mower deck. A switch mo... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484484 | Lawn mower for providing power to a garden implement A garden power tool system comprises a lawn mower powered by a battery mounted on the mower and a plurality of electrically powered gardening implements such as a hedge trimmer and a string trimmer. The battery provides the electrical power for the garden... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6474053 | Lawnmower equipped with a retractable edger and trimmer A lawnmower has attached to the forward portion of its mowing deck a pivotally mounted extending flailing mechanism. The flailing mechanism is an arm that is pivotally mounted to one front corner of the mower deck at its most rearward end and extends from... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6430906 | Mower deck attached trimmer A mower attachment is used for trimming with spinning lines. The attachment provides a takeoff and trimming shafts coupled by a drive belt and tensioned with a tension pulley positioned by a tension spring and tension arm against the drive belt. Guards ar... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6397572 | Lawnmower mountable trimming device A lawnmower mountable trimming device including a mounting bracket adapted for coupling with the deck of the lawnmower. An inner arm is provided that is pivotally attached to the mounting bracket and is extendible outwardly with respect to the mounting br... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6301863 | Multi-blade circumrotational trimmer The present invention discloses a 360 degree rotatable trimmer assembly 10 mounted on the side of a conventional lawn tractor 12 having a plurality of cutting members 26, 92 mounted onto a platform 70 being connected to a motorized rotatable shaft 50 by a... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6125943 | Device, including a freely, pivotable, impact absorbing swing arm for trenching and the like and method An edger-trencher is described for landscaping procedures. Instead of the usual jolting an operator receives when using traditional power assisted edger-trencher devices, in the instant invention a pivotable swing arm with cutting blade attached at one en... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6094896 | Lawn mower lawn trimmer assembly A lawn mower lawn trimmer assembly for allowing a user to easily trim weeds and grass while using a lawn mower. The inventive device includes a housing with a motor provided in the housing. The motor has a rotating shaft outwardly extending from the housi... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6032443 | Portable powered grass whip and a novel free-moving bracket for mounting the same to riding equipment A portable, powered grass whip and a novel free-moving bracket for mounting the same to riding equipment such as a lawn mower. In addition, the grass whip in combination with a portable electric power pack.... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5896732 | Side sickle for a garden tractor A side sickle for a lawn tractor including a sickle having a first end pivotally coupled with respect to the lawn tractor. The sickle adapted to transfer between a stored orientation and a horizontal orientation wherein the sickle is extended perpendicula... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5809758 | Riding mower apparatus Riding mower apparatus which combines a rider controlled motor drive for area mowing, a battery power source carried by the riding mower, and a trimmer carried by the riding mower to be powered by the battery power source and located to be detachable from... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802824 | Portable powered grass whip and a novel free-moving bracket for mounting the same to riding equipment A portable, powered grass whip and a novel free-moving bracket for mounting the same to riding equipment such as a lawn mower. Also, a combination of a new and novel grass whip in combination with a portable power pack.... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5722223 | Tree trimming apparatus Trimming apparatus adapted to trim evergreen and like trees into a conical shape as well as mowing weeds and grass on the ground around the trees. The trimming apparatus includes a mobile self-propelled riding power platform with an upwardly and outwardly... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5701728 | Lawn mower with line trimmer assembly A lawn mower includes a housing having a top wall portion and a generally vertically extending side wall portion. A plurality of wheels attached to the housing to allow the housing to roll over a surface to be mowed. An engine mounted atop the housing rot... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5598689 | Trim mower attachment for riding mowers An attachment or auxiliary mowing unit for riding mowers of all types having a centrally mounted mower deck. The auxiliary unit consists of a separate mower deck that is pivotly attached to the main mower deck near a front corner of the main deck, prefera... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5497606 | Mower with forward mounted edger There is disclosed an improved lawnmowing and edging apparatus wherein a generally conventional gasoline powered push mower or walk-behind mower is provided with an edger mounted on the front of the deck of the mower slightly outside of the track of one o... | 03/12/1996 |
