Patent ID: 7506403
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: A01G,A47L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A debris collection system for use with a portable blower/vac having a fan outlet through which debris is ejected when the blower/vac is operated in a vacuum mode, which comprises: (a) a collection bag that in a debris collection mode is sufficiently enclosed except for a debris receiving inlet such that debris passing through the inlet is collected and retained within the collection bag, the collection bag having a longest dimension; (b) a connecting hose releasably coupling the inlet of the collection bag to the fan outlet of the blower/vac; (c) a wheeled cart for releasably receiving the collection bag and for supporting the collection bag in the debris collection mode with the longest dimension of the collection bag extending more horizontally than vertically, the collection bag being detachable from the cart in a debris disposal mode; and (d) wherein the cart has front and rear ends that are spaced apart from one another, and wherein the longest dimension of the collection bag fits between the front and rear ends of the cart.