Patent ID: 7059801
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A trowel blade for power trowels comprising a generally rectangular, elongate plastic trowel blade having two opposite faces, two longitudinally extending, opposite edges and two transversely extending side edges interconnecting the longitudinal edges, at least one of said longitudinal edges being a finishing edge, a metal plate affixed to and overlying at least a portion of one face of said trowel blade and an elongate mounting means on said metal plate arranged generally parallel to said at least one finishing edge for mounting said trowel blade directly to said power trowel, said metal plate overlying from 50% to 100% of the length of said plastic blade and from 33% to 100% of the width of said plastic blade between the longitudinal centerline of said mounting means and each longitudinal edge of said blade.