Patent ID: 7284331

Claim:
A trimmer guard, in combination with a trimmer having a motor, a head and a shaft, comprising: a mounting assembly mounted to a trimmer shaft about a shaft axis; a frame supported by said mounting assembly; said frame comprising a first flexible arm extending from said mounting assembly and pivotally connected to said mounting assembly to move from a first folded position which lies substantially parallel to said shaft axis to a second expanded and flexed position not parallel to said shaft axis, and a second flexible arm extending from said mounting assembly and pivotally connected to said mounting assembly to move from a first folded position which lies substantially parallel to said shaft axis to a second expanded and flexed position not parallel to said shaft axis; a flexible foldable skirt supported by said frame; and said frame and said skirt configured and arranged such that said first flexible arm and said second flexible arm support said skirt in an open expanded position when said arms are in said second expanded and flexed position.