Patent ID: 6446421
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: A01G,B25F,B27B,F02B

Abstract:
A manually guided implement comprising a drive unit and a tool driven by the drive unit, said implement further comprising:at least one vibration-dampened handle for carrying or guiding said implement, wherein said at least one handle is mounted directly on said drive unit with no intermediate dampening elements between the at least one handle and the drive unit and comprises a monolithic component that has a grip portion and a mounting portion for mounting on said drive unit, wherein said grip portion and said mounting portion are interconnected by an elastic vibration-dampening intermediate portion, wherein said mounting portion along with said intermediate portion and said grip portion form said monolithic component, and wherein a separating slot which is open at one end is provided in said monolithic component for separating from one another said intermediate portion and said mounting portion over at least part of the length thereof.