Patent ID: 7950211
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A power tool for facilitating an operator's alternative cutting of foliage over the ground and along the ground, the power tool comprising: (a) a case; (b) a tubular shaft having a distal end, the tubular shaft being fixedly attached to and extending forwardly from the case; (c) a flexible line trimmer head mounted rotatably at the tubular shaft's distal end; (d) motor means operatively housed within the case, the motor means having a rotary power output; (e) an axle linking the flexible line trimmer head with the motor means' rotary power output, the axle extending through the tubular shaft; and (f) wielding means comprising handle means connected operatively to case, the wielding means being adapted for alternatively facilitating manual movement of the case, tubular shaft, flexible line trimmer head, motor means and axle during the operator's over the ground foliage cutting, and facilitating rolling movement of the case, tubular shaft, flexible line trimmer head, motor means and axle during the operator's along the ground foliage cutting, and further comprising a wheeled carriage and attaching means, the attaching means being adapted for alternatively engaging with the case for securing the case upon the wheeled carriage for the operator's along the ground foliage cutting and releasing the case for the operator's above the ground foliage cutting.