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Attachment for rotary lawn mower

  • US 4,374,465 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1982
  • Issued: 02/22/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A rotary lawn mower of a type having a housing that includes a cutting chamber bounded by downwardly depending side walls having a lower edge;

  • means for supporting said housing for movement over a ground surface at a selected height thereabove;

    a substantially rigid cutting blade located within said cutting chamber, wherein said cutting blade has a top side and a bottom side and at least one sharpened cutting edge; and

    means in said housing for rotating said blade in a substantially horizontal cutting plane such that said cutting edge severs standing vegetation;

    wherein the improvement relates to a trimming attachment for said blade, which comprises;

    (a) a filament holder;

    (b) means for selectively and releasably mounting said holder in said blade; and

    (c) a flexible filament contained in said holder, which filament extends radially outwardly relative to said blade and is sufficiently long to extend out past the side walls of said housing when said holder is mounted on said blade, whereby said filament can be used to trim vegetation outside said housing by selectively coupling said filament holder to said blade.

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