Patent ID: 6892461

Claim:
A weed trimmer cover assembly for attachment to a weed trimmer, comprising: a front cover defining a front horizontal cover region disposed above a weed trimmer cutting element and covering a forward area of a horizontal circular cutting zone defined by a rotational cutting path of the cutting element, a front vertical flange projecting downward from the front horizontal cover region and generally along a radius corresponding to and larger than a radius defined by the cutting zone; and a cover attachment means attached to the front cover and connecting the front cover to the weed trimmer, the cover attachment means further comprising a hinge wherein the front cover can be pivoted about the hinge and thereby raised upward along a range of positions from completely lowered downward to completely raised upward; wherein the front horizontal cover region and the front vertical flange are configured to deflect debris being projected by the cutting element, thereby preventing projected debris from being distributed forward or upward and rearward relative to the weed trimmer.