Patent ID: 6301863
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
An apparatus for a rotatable trimmer assembly for trimming ground cover mounted on, and in combination with, a conventional lawn tractor, comprising:a) a generally flat platform;b) a plurality of rotatable cutting members attached to said platform;c) a first means for connecting said platform to the lawn tractor;d) a main rotatable drive shaft mounted on said platform;e) means for drivably connecting said plurality of rotatable cutting members to said main rotatable drive shaft;f) a motor means for rotating said rotatable drive shaft;g) means for mounting said motor means to said platform;h) a second means for rotatable connecting said platform to said first means for connecting said platform to the lawn tractor;i) said first means for connecting said platform to the lawn tractor further comprises a shaft extending transversally from the underside of the lawn tractor; andj) said shaft further comprising an outer shaft being hollow for receiving an inner shaft, said inner shaft being slidably movable inside said outer shaft, said outer shaft having means for tensioning said inner shaft outwardly from said outer shaft.