Patent ID: 8540167
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: A01B,E02F

Abstract:
1. A method of spreading mulch from a pile of mulch over a larger surface area than the pile; the method comprising the steps of: providing a powered tool having a rotatable, convexly-shaped, circular body with a peripheral edge and a plurality of flexible fingers radiating outwardly from the peripheral edge at generally the same rate of curvature as the body; positioning the body adjacent the pile and proximate a quantity of mulch that is to be spread; spacing the peripheral edge of the body a distance vertically above the quantity of mulch; penetrating the quantity of mulch with the fingers; activating the tool so that the body is rotated about a central axis; moving the tool laterally toward the pile; and flinging the quantity of mulch radially outwardly from the body and through an arc by way of the fingers.