Patent ID: 6508004
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A cutting blade safety cover for covering a rear portion of a cutting blade of a portable trimmer, said safety cover comprising:a roof plate portion radially separated at a middle location thereof into a radially inner portion and a radially outer portion; a skirt portion suspended from said roof plate portion; a shelf portion extending along at least one mating edge of said radially outer portion; a receiving area for receiving mating edge of said radially inner portion formed between the at least one mating edge and said shelf portion; a window formed in said radially outer portion adjacent to said shelf portion; and a protruding portion and a depressed portion formed on said shelf portion and said one mating edge for engaging with each other to prevent detachment of said radially inner portion and said radially outer portion from each other in the radial directions and said radially inner portion and said radially outer portion are connected with each other by inserting said one mating edge into said receiving area in a peripheral direction; wherein said radially inner portion and said radially outer portion are detachably attached to one another so that said radially outer portion is replaceable with another radially outer portion having a dimension suitable for covering a cutting blade of a different dimension.