Patent ID: 6715194
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: A01D,B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A blade removing tool for rotary lawn mowers to facilitate the safe and convenient removal of a bolt holding the rotary blade to the motor of a lawn mower comprising, in combination:a central support assembly having a long horizontal upper plate, a horizontal lower plate and a short horizontal intermediate plate there between, with a circular aperture formed in the upper and intermediate plates in axial alignment to form a vertical guide there through, the support assembly and apertures forming a guide adapted to be positioned over a bolt holding a rotary lawn mower blade in position and to allow the passage of a socket wrench there through for loosening and/or tightening a bolt axially aligned beneath the apertures; an elongated handle having an interior end formed as an extension of the upper plate and an exterior end adapted to be held by a user to retain the support assembly against rotation during operation and use; a projection extending downwardly from the upper and lower plates perpendicular to the handle and upper plate and adapted to be positioned on one side of a blade during operation and use to contact the blade when a socket wrench tends to turn a bolt and the blade with resistance being provided by the user through the handle; and a transverse plate coupling the upper plate and handle at the top and the intermediate plate at the bottom for increased stability.