Patent ID: 7159377
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A powered appliance for use by an operator, the powered appliance comprising: a frame; wheels movably supporting the frame; a blade movably supported by the frame; a substantially horizontal handle extending along a first axis and coupled to the frame; a kill bar having an end portion extending along a second axis parallel to the first axis and pivotable about a third axis parallel to the first axis and the second axis between a first position proximate the handle in which movement of the blade is permitted and a second position distant the handle in which movement of the blade is at least reduced; and a layer of compressible material configured to deform or compress under the normal amount of force the operator could continuously apply to the layer during the period of time the powered appliance would normally be used during one session, wherein the layer partially extends about one of the handle and the kill bar to form a channel extending parallel to first axis and the second axis and wherein the channel is located and oriented to receive the other of the handle and the kill bar without substantial deformation of the layer when the kill bar is in the first position.