Patent ID: 6343461
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A lawn trimmer attachment apparatus for riding lawn mowers comprising:a telescoping, pulley support apparatus including a cylindrical, telescoping, T-shaped center member having an anterior end opposite a posterior end, a pair of C-shaped, telescoping, pulley support members and a telescoping mounting bracket, wherein said telescoping, pulley support apparatus is removably attachable to a mower deck of a riding lawnmower for functioning as a grass trimmer; said center member includes a linearly elongated, telescoping stem welded perpendicularly along a linearly elongated centerline of an underside of the center member for being telescopically received by a mounting bracket; a pair of pin assemblies located at the anterior and posterior ends of said center member; and an idler pulley acting as a belt tensioning means mounted to a connecting rod being coupled to a horizontal upper sidewall of the center member, wherein said pair of C-shaped pulley support members includes a first pulley support member and a second pulley support member, each being of a linearly elongated, cylindrical configuration having a C-shaped portion formed at an end and further having a plurality of holes, respectively, linearly aligned along a length at an opposite end thereof for being adjustably received within an end of the center member.