Patent ID: 8307558
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: A01D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A trimmer head device for rotating at least one segment of trimmer line in a predetermined plane of rotation, comprising: a housing having a top surface above said predetermined plane of rotation; a channel disposed within said housing, wherein said channel begins in said predetermined plane of rotation and bends vertically upward at an acute angle to said top surface; an entrance port for accessing said channel along said predetermined plane of rotation; an exit port for accessing said channel at said top surface above said predetermined plane of rotation; and at least two cleats disposed within said housing along said channel; springs that bias said at least two cleats into said channel, wherein said cleats automatically engage a segment of trimmer line within said channel as said segment of trimmer line is inserted into said channel through said entrance port, wherein said at least two cleats prevent movement of said segment of trimmer line in said channel toward said entrance port yet enable movement of said segment of trimmer line in said channel toward said exit port.