Patent ID: 6997268
Filing Date: 2006-02-14
Classification: A01D,A01G

Abstract:
1. A trimmer comprising a cutting head having a guard housing a cutter means, a shaft for supporting the cutting head, roller means rotatably mounted with respect to the cutting head, and drive means for driving the cutter means, the roller means being located outside the guard on the drive means side thereof, the cutting head being connected to the shaft by connection means permitting the cutting head to be positioned with its cutter means either substantially horizontal or substantially vertical, the roller means being sized to contact the ground when the cutter means is substantially vertical and to circumscribe an axis of rotation of the drive means, the arrangement being such that the cutter means extends beyond the circumference of the roller means, wherein the connection means is constituted by a rotatable joint, and wherein the rotatable joint is constituted by a ball-and-socket joint.