Patent ID: 6751871
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A vegetation cutter/catcher, comprising:a housing having a top portion that includes a top opening, a side portion that includes a discharge opening, a bottom opening, and a base flange that borders said bottom opening; a handle having a lower end portion that includes a lower end and an upper end portion that includes an upper end, said lower end portion extending downwardly through the top opening in the top portion of the housing and said upper end portion extending upwardly from the top opening in the top portion of the housing away from the housing; a drive motor mounted on the upper end portion of the handle remote from said housing, said drive motor including a rotary output; a flexible drive shaft extending downwardly through the handle from the rotary output of the drive motor to a lower end that is adjacent the lower end of the handle; a cutting blade in said housing attached to the lower end of the flexible drive shaft; and a cuttings bag having an enclosure wall that includes an inlet opening, said cuttings bag being connectable to the housing below the upper end portion of the handle, with the inlet opening of the cuttings bag in registry with the discharge opening in the side portion of the housing, whereby the bottom opening of the housing may be moved towards vegetation that is to be cut, and the motor may be operated to rotate the drive shaft and the cutting blade so that the blade will cut vegetation that it encounters, and cuttings will move into and through the housing and into the cuttings bag; and wherein the lower end portion of the handle is vertically adjustable in position in the top opening, and an adjustable lock is provided for locking it into a selected position relative to the housing for the purpose of establishing the cutting position of the cutting blade relative to the bottom opening and the base flange.