Patent ID: 7984573
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: A01B,A01D,E01H

Abstract:
1. A combination device for at least one of snow throwing, mowing, scarifying, tilling and sweeping, the combination device comprising: a first work implement; a second work implement; a base frame; and a housing comprising a housing axis of rotation, said housing being mounted for movement to said base frame such that said housing rotates about said housing axis of rotation, relative to said base frame, between at least a first position and at least a second position, said housing defining a first housing configuration in said first position, said housing defining a second housing configuration in said second position, said housing being fixed in said first housing configuration with said first work implement detachably connected to said housing, wherein said first work implement is rotatable about a first work implement axis of rotation thereof with said housing in said first housing configuration, said first work implement being at least partially enclosed by said housing with said housing in said first housing configuration, said second work implement not being connected to said housing with said housing in said first housing configuration, said housing being fixed in said second housing configuration with said second work implement detachably connected to said housing, wherein said second work implement is rotatable about a second work implement axis of rotation thereof with said housing in said second housing configuration, said second work implement being at least partially enclosed by said housing with said housing in said second housing configuration, said housing axis being parallel to said first work implement axis of rotation and said second work implement axis of rotation.