Patent ID: 6116350
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: A01D,A01G

Abstract:
A powered lawn edger steerable by an operator in the manner of a wheelbarrow, the edger comprising:a. a frame having handle means attached thereto adjacent to one end thereof and having a ground engaging wheel means including an axle attached thereto adjacent to the other end thereof;b. a cutting device mounted on said frame adjacent to said other end of said frame, said cutting device being rotatable on a substantially horizontal axle located forward of said ground engaging wheel means axle;c. a power unit immovably mounted at a fixed position on said frame forward of the operator and rearward of both said ground engaging wheel means and said cutting device;d. a ground contacting stand means; and,e. said edger having a stable operational rest position defined by said ground contacting stand means and said ground engaging wheel means contacting the ground at spaced points, said cutting device being positioned on said frame in an orientation with respect to said ground contacting stand means and said ground engaging wheel means such that said cutting device is incapable of contacting the ground under any circumstance when said edger is placed in said operational rest position, whereby at all times said cutting device is entirely free from contact with the ground when said edger is placed in said operational rest position.