Patent ID: 8449683
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: A01D,A47L,E01H

Abstract:
1. A method of picking up stickers, in grassy or other ground areas, comprising: moving a rotatable roller over the grassy or other ground area, the roller being in engagement therewith and having a stretchable fabric removably mounted on an outer surface of the roller, the stretchable fabric being of a construction and thickness to pick up the stickers as the roller is moved and rotated over the grassy or other ground area, removing the fabric from the roller when it is full of stickers thereon, and mounting a new unused stretchable fabric on the roller to continue the picking up of the stickers by moving and rotating the roller over the grassy or other ground area, wherein the roller is rotatably and removably mounted on a frame, wherein the frame has laterally spaced legs having end portions with connecting members that are removably connected to the roller, and wherein each end portion connection member has an opening therethrough, and the roller comprises an endplate adjacent to the end portion and having a button movably mounted therein and biased to an outer position wherein an outer closed end of the button extends through the opening in the end portion of the frame leg.