Patent ID: 8783005

Claim:
A mow and row apparatus comprising: a lawn mower including a mower deck, a handle, a lawn mower motor, and a lawn mower blade configured for rotation by the lawn mower motor; and wherein the lawn mower further includes: at least one expandable and retractable trimmer; a trimmer control assembly configured to control the trimmer; and at least one actuator configured to turn the trimmer in an on state and in an off state; wherein the control assembly extends the trimmer out of an opening of the mower deck so that the trimmer is external to the mover deck and extends the trimmer in a first horizontal axial direction in response to the trimmer turning in the on state; wherein the control assembly extends the trimmer out of the opening of the mower deck and rotates the trimmer; wherein the control assembly retracts the trimmer into the opening of the mower deck so that the trimmer is disposed within an interior of the mower deck and retracts the trimmer in a second horizontal axial direction in response to the trimmer turning in the off state; and wherein the first horizontal axial direction is opposite to the second horizontal axial direction.