Patent ID: 9560803
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A weed trimmer and edger apparatus, comprising: a shaft, said shaft being straight and rotatable; a compartment housing mounted on an upper end of said shaft and at least one cutting line exit on a lower end of said shaft, said compartment housing containing at least one access point to feed at least one strand of cutting line through said shaft and exiting through said at least one cutting line exit; a disc fastened to a bottom portion of said shaft, said disc comprising at least one cutting line guide on an outer portion of said disc to receive said at least one strand of cutting line, said disc being flat and being mounted to receive said at least one strand of cutting line directly from said shaft; a feed mechanism for moving said at least one strand of cutting line through said shaft, said feed mechanism operable to both extend and retract said at least one strand of cutting line; and a spring mounted bracket mounted to a lawnmower on one end and attached to a housing on an opposite end, at least one pulley and at least one drive belt operatively configured with said shaft and said lawnmower, whereby said shaft is slave controlled by said at least one drive belt to concentrically rotate within said housing, a manual control for said feed mechanism being mounted above said at least one pulley.