Lawn mower apparatus for holding lawn care supplies

• US 5,040,711 A
• Filed: 04/27/1990
• Issued: 08/20/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Marjorie M. Niederhauser, Robert D. Niederhauser
• Original Assignee: Marjorie M. Niederhauser, Robert D. Niederhauser
• Inventors: Niederhauser, Robert D., Niederhauser, Marjorie M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kupferschmid, Keith
• Application Number:
  US07/515,227
• Time in Patent Office: 480 Days
• Field of Search: 224/42.46 R, 224/30 A, 224/36, 224/277, 224/273, 224/0.5, 224/251, 224/228, 224/904, 224/35, 224/30 R, 248/205.2, 135/67, 383/11, 383/22, 280/33.992, 280/DIG. 3, 280/769, 280/47.35, 280/47.38, 16/111 A, 206/DIG. 806, 206/DIG. 831
• US Class Current: 224/572
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 2101/00 Lawn-mowers
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 75/008 Tool-carrying means
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/926 Vehicle attached carrier for beverage container or bottle

Abstract

An apparatus for holding lawn care supplies and/or a beverage in combination with a power lawn mower of a type having a handle extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom. The handle has a horizontally disposed rear member which is usually the part that the operator grasps during operation of the lawn mower. A container is attached to the horiontally disposed rear member and has compartments for receiving such things as insect spray, weed spray, fertilizer containers and bottles or cans of beverages. A loop is attached to the bottom of the container for attaching a spray bottle thereto which may contain weed killer, insect killer or liquid fertilizer.

Claims

1. An apparatus for holding lawn care supplies in combination with a power lawn mower having a handle extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, said handle having a horizontally disposed rear member;

wherein, said apparatus consists of;

a multi-compartmented container having a front panel and a rear panel joined together by a plurality of seams to form a plurality of top compartments in said container;

wherein, said plurality of compartments include a compartment formed on each end of said container;

wherein said plurality of compartments include at least one compartment disposed intermediate the compartments formed on each end of the container; and

, wherein aid at least one compartment is provided with elastic means disposed on the top edge thereof for allowing it to be pulled open but caused it to be biased closed; and

flexible attachment flaps formed by extensions of the rear panel of the compartments formed on each end of the container;

wherein, said attachment flaps are dimensioned to encircle the said horizontally disposed rear member on said power lawn mower; and

releasable fastener means associated with said attachment flaps for forming a loop on each of the attachment flaps to captively encircle said horizontally disposed rear member.

2. The apparatus as in claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of compartments is provided with a downwardly depending loop which is operatively attached to the bottom of said at least one of said plurality of compartments.

3. The apparatus as in claim 1 including at least one closure flap associated with at least one of said plurality of open top compartments to selectively open or close the open top of said at least one compartment.