Patent ID: 8393039
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A01G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lawn sweeper assembly comprising: a lawn sweeper unit including a housing having a rotatably connected ground engaging wheel, a rotatably connected brush assembly operatively driven by the wheel and left and right hopper support bars each having a first end for pivotally connected to the housing, wherein each of said hopper support bars extend at an angle upwardly from said housing when disposed in an operational orientation to define a support width therebetween and extend inwardly toward one another when disposed in a storage orientation, and each of said hopper support bars having a rod slot at a second end; and a hopper bag assembly including a bag connected to a frame, cooperatively defining an open topped volume, said frame having a rod disposed to extend across a hopper width defined by said frame, wherein said hopper width is greater than said support width, such that when said rod is disposed in said rod slot at said second end of each hopper support bar when each of the hopper support bars are disposed in the operational orientation, each of the hopper support bars are disposed within the hopper width.