Patent ID: 7979958

Claim:
A work apparatus comprising: a back carrier; a blower tube; a drive motor; a blower wheel driven by said drive motor for moving a flow of air through said blower tube; said drive motor being mounted on said back carrier; a housing for accommodating said drive motor therein; an electrically conductive antivibration element attaching said housing to said back carrier; said antivibration element having first and second ends; an electrical ground body and said first end of said antivibration element being electrically connected to said ground body; said back carrier having a carrier belt; and, an electrically conductive connection connecting said carrier belt to said second end of said antivibration element so as to cause said back carrier to establish an electrically conductive connection via said antivibration element between said electrical ground body and the operator of said work apparatus during the operation thereof and so as to cause the operator to be continuously electrically connected to said electrical ground body via said back carrier during said operation of said work apparatus thereby causing the work apparatus itself to be grounded to earth via the operator.