Patent ID: 7963041

Claim:
A guard for a filament-type trimmer for protecting structures not to be trimmed while trimming vegetation that is to be at least partially trimmed, said filament-type trimmer having a head assembly substantially at a first end of an extension member and a handle assembly substantially at a second end of said extension member, said head assembly including at least one rotatable non-rigid filament that rotates in a plane, said guard comprising: (a) a main guard body comprising: (i) a substantially planar base that is substantially parallel to the plane in which the at least one rotatable non-rigid filament rotates, said base being in a spaced relationship with said filament; (ii) a peripheral exterior ring; (iii) a plurality of supports for holding said peripheral exterior ring in spaced relationship with said base; and (iv) said base, said peripheral exterior ring, and said plurality of supports defining at least one aperture, said at least one aperture bounded by two adjacent supports, a portion of said peripheral exterior ring, and a portion of said base; (b) a continuous and un-apertured shield, said shield comprising a continuous and un-apertured shield top portion and a continuous and un-broken shield annular side portion, said shield attachable to said main guard body so that said shield top portion spans the space between two adjacent supports and a portion of said base; (c) an attachment mechanism directly attached to said base, said attachment mechanism for attaching said main guard body to the filament-type trimmer extension member; and (d) said shield annular side portion and said peripheral exterior ring of said main guard body peripherally surrounding the at least one rotatable non-rigid filament when the at least one rotatable non-rigid filament is rotating.