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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7096966 | Edge cutter A portable handheld edge cutter (1) has a cutterhead (2) fixed to a guide tube (4). Two wheels (6, 7) are attached to the cutterhead (2). The cutterhead (2) includes a gear unit mounted in a gear housing (8). A first ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6997268 | Trimmer A trimmer comprises a cutting head (1) housing a cutter (5), and a shaft (2) for supporting the cutting head. A large diameter wheel (8) is rotatably mounted with respect to the cutting head (1), and a motor is provided for driving... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6926090 | Hinged edger housing having improved internal debris guard and labyrinth perimeter seal A housing assembly for a power edger that includes a housing, a door and a latching system. The door is coupled to the housing and movable between an open position and a closed position. The latching system includes a latch member that is coupled to one of the housi... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6688404 | Portable handheld edge cutter A portable handheld lawn edger includes a cutterhead (2) at the end (16) of a guide tube (4) as well as an internal combustion engine (3) at the other end (17). The engine is connected to the cutter blade (5) via a drive shaft (20) in the guide tube (4) a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6659188 | Hand-held edger A hand-held edger capable of suppressing wear of a cover without an increase in the number of parts. The hand-held edger comprises a main rod supported by an operator's hand; a gear case supported at one end portion of the main rod; a rotating blade conne... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6612376 | Hinged edger housing improved internal debris guard and labyrinth perimeter seal A housing assembly for a power edger that includes a housing and a door that is coupled to the housing and movable between an open position and a closed position. When positioned in the closed position, labyrinth seal members that are formed onto the hous... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6516598 | Powered vegetative cutting device A powered cutting device (1) maneuverable in the manner of a wheelbarrow, brush cutter, or stick edger by a walking operator and operable to both horizontally mow and vertically trim vegetation. The cutting device (1) includes an elongated frame (5) havin... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6351930 | Flexible flail edging guide A flexible flail trimmer is rendered operable for edging by a guide providing a physical indicator of the edge cutting segment of the rotating string and also providing a gently progressing string plane stabilizing surface producing a narrower operating w... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6283223 | Lawn edging insertion tool The invention is an all-in-one hand-held lawn edging tool. This device is essentially a handle with lawn edging attachments interchangeable with the handle portion. A 4-5" steel pipe with handle, wheel and cutting edge are included. To complete the edging... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6179059 | Cutting blades A dual blade assembly for a lawn edger, the assembly comprising first (140) and second (142) generally rectangular blades arranged in a substantially cross shaped configuration for rotation about a substantially central axis (R). Each of the first (140) a... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6116350 | Lawn edger steerable in the manner of a wheelbarrow with ground-engaging structure The present invention discloses a powered lawn edger (1) which is steerable in the manner of a wheelbarrow. The edger has a Y or T-shaped frame (5,35,36,46) including a pair of handles (3,20,30,33,43,50). A power unit (4,40) is mounted on the frame forwar... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6092608 | Garden tiller pulverizing/edger attachment An attachment for a rotary garden tiller having edging capability for establishing perimeter of a flower bed alongside sidewalks, driveways, or fence lines which functions by cutting and separating grass from its roots at a uniform depth and width and in ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6003611 | Curb support roller for a vertical drive shaft lawn edger A vertical drive shaft lawn edger is disclosed having a curb support roller system. A support roller is mounted directly behind the blade of the lawn edger. A height adjustment mechanism controls the height of the front wheel and the support roller in uni... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5983616 | Garden tool for cutting weeds and cultivating soil A garden tool comprising a blade having a sharpened edge to cut weeds rooted in an area of soil, and one or more tines, each tine having a pointed tip to cultivate the area of soil. The blade is spaced from one or more wheels of the garden tool to enable ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5970694 | Quick mount leveling, adjustable and retractable roller stabilizer for string trimmers A lightweight, retractable tripod support having three wheels for attachment to virtually all hand-held trimmers, metal detectors and the like. The three-wheeled support being readily retractable to a folded position for transportation and storage and ext... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5918683 | Height adjustment for lawn edge trimmer A lawn edge trimmer having a supporting structure (21) and an edge trimming assembly (10; 10'). The trimming assembly includes a frame (12) supporting a rotatable cutting knife (18), and a rotatable supporting wheel (30; 30') connected to the frame (12). ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5826667 | Lawn edger A powered lawn edger which is steerable by a walking operator in the manner of a wheelbarrow. The edger has a Y-shaped frame including a pair of handles each with handlegrips. A power unit is mounted on the frame between the handlegrips and a ground engag... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5609213 | Sod cutting edger and trencher A sod cutter and trencher which includes a pair of handle members with a roller at the lower end thereof and a cutter blade fixed behind the roller and extending downwardly therebelow into ground engaging trenching position and also includes a kick-bar fo... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5592992 | Lawn edger blade assembly A blade assembly for a lawn edging machine. The blade assembly includes a hub, at least two spaced-apart blade members having two or more blade arms extending radially therefrom, and a horizontal blade member connecting the two blade members at their radi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5408816 | Wheeled, hand-propelled carriages for horticultural devices The carriage for holding horticultural motorized hand-held cutting devices, comprises an elongated frame having opposite longitudinal sides and opposite lateral sides to define opposite ends. At least one wheel which defines the front of the carriage, is ... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407012 | Portable handheld edge cutter The invention is directed to a portable handheld edge cutter and especially an edge cutter for maintaining the edges of a lawn. The edge cutter includes a drive motor and a rotating knife as well as a drive shaft between the motor and the knife. The knife... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5383330 | Hand-held edger A hand-held edger is disclosed which is so constructed that the lower portions of the gear box and the safety cover member are prevented from directly scraping against the ground during trimming operation to enable abrasion thereof to be avoided, and that... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5351762 | Lawn edge adapter apparatus A weed cutter structure having a handle shaft with a rotary head containing at least one flexible cutter filament thereon, includes a guide assembly mounted to the handle shaft in adjacency to the cutter head, wherein the guide assembly includes a mountin... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5325928 | Power-driven edger with on-center wheel An electric edger having a transversely mounted electric motor for rotationally driving a vertically oriented cutting blade. The edger is supported by a pair of auxiliary rear wheels and a large on-center front or main wheel that is journalled to a hub th... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5226486 | Lawn edger apparatus A lawn edger is arranged for mounting a lawn edging tool thereon, wherein the apparatus includes a support plate movably mounted by underlying aligned wheel members. A clamp mounted to a top surface of the support plate is positioned rearwardly of a media... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5226248 | Trencher A trencher for digging a trench having a vertical face and a sloping face. The trencher includes a frame and means for moving the trencher over the surface of the ground. A rotor is connected to drive means which rotate the rotor, thereby digging the tren... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5222750 | Tool-carrying apparatus and method A weed-cutting, tool-carrying apparatus which comprises a pair of wheels secured to the legs of an upright, U-frame, handle element having a connecting bar, a backward, laterally extended, U-frame guide bar and rest element secured to the legs of the U-fr... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5199502 | Edger with improved rotary blade driving device An edger having a driving device for operating a rotary blade, the driving device including a driving pulley; a pulley to be driven; a driving belt arranged between the two pulleys; a swing arm having the center of its swinging motion at a position differ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5156217 | Edger with improved rear wheel adjustment An edger is provided having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion on either side of the main fra... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5139091 | Edger with improved operating lever assembly An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main frame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capab... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5119879 | Edger with tubular main frame An edger having a main frame, at least one front wheel fastened in the front portion of the main frame, two rear wheels fastened in the rear portion of the main fame, a rotary blade disposed in the front portion of either side of the main frame and capabl... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5115870 | Flexible flail trimmer with combined guide and guard A flexible flail trimmer for conventional trimming of grass, weeds and the like and for edging of sidewalks has a combined guide and guard rotatably mounted inboard of the trimmer cutting head. The guide and guard provides dynamic trimmer indexing on a si... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5095687 | Adjustable support wheel asssembly for rotating flexible line-type vegetation trimmer A conventional rotating flexible line-type vegetation trimmer having a shield covering from above a length of line whipping from one end in a generally horizontal plane about a generally vertical axis, is provided with a swivelable ground-engaging wheel, ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5070685 | Hedge trimmer support carriage A wheeled carriage for supporting a portable hedge trimmer for use as a ground foliage mower. The carriage includes a frame for supporting the hedge trimmer motor chassis and a bar extending laterally of the frame for releasably securing the hedge trimmer... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5029435 | Lawn trimmer having edging attachment A lawn trimming tool (10) has an elongate support column or member (12) with a cutter head (16) mounted for rotation at a lower end thereof and a flexible line or string (20) extending from the cutter head (16) for cutting in a plane perpendicular to the ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5009369 | Spray shield unit A spray shield unit adapted to be mounted on the head of a sprayer where the head has a spinner thereon rotatable about an axis for spraying liquid generally radially outwardly with respect to said axis. The spray shield unit comprises a hub having an ope... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4962631 | Edger The present invention provides an edger wherein a cutter device is arranged on one side of an edger frame, the position of a front wheel is adjustable, the position of one of the rear wheels situated on the other side of the edger frame is also adjustable... | 10/16/1990 |
