Patent ID: 8302372
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. In combination with a lawnmower having a deck superimposed on a rotatable mower blade, an auxiliary weed trimmer comprising: a weed trimmer assembly attached to said deck, said weed trimmer assembly including a cutting head formed of a spool with a trimmer line wrapped thereabout, a housing having a tubular receptacle therein and a shaft extending from said cutting head and rotatably received within said tubular receptacle; an adjustment ring attached to said housing, said ring having a plurality of notches formed thereon; a biased latch attached to said shaft that releasably seats within any one of said notches to rotate the cutting head to a select angular orientation; means for automatically rotating said spool and said mower blade to simultaneously mow a lawn and trim around an obstruction, wherein said means for automatically rotating said spool and said mower blade includes a first pulley attached to said cutting head, a second pulley attached to said deck, a third pulley attached to said mower blade, a first belt encompassing said first pulley and said second pulley, a second belt encompassing said second pulley and said third pulley and a motor means for rotating said mower blade; a support rod fixedly attached to said deck, said rod having an upper end and a lower end; a panel at the upper end of said rod, said panel having a handle pivotally attached thereto; a lifting arm attached to said weed trimmer assembly; and a strut extending from said handle to said lifting arm whereby pivoting the handle lifts an end of said weed trimmer assembly.