Patent ID: 8176989

Claim:
A wheeled support adapted to convert a trimmer to a lawn edger where the trimmer includes a powered drive within a housing with a cutting member attachable to a drive shaft of the powered drive, comprising: a wheel mountable coaxially over a drive shaft of the drive of the trimmer with the drive shaft passing through an axial wheel hole to receive attachment of the cutting member wherein the wheel is mounted such that it rotates freely on the drive shaft independent of rotation of the drive shaft, an adapter plate mountable to the drive shaft such that the adapter plate rotates with the drive shaft, the adapter plate comprising a first cylinder extending axially that is coaxial with the drive shaft when mounted thereon with an axial hole therethrough extending the adapter plate center hole through which the drive shaft may pass, the wheel mountable to the first cylinder and further comprising a bearing installed between the axial wheel hole and the first cylinder such that the wheel rotates freely on the first cylinder independent of rotation of the adapter plate and the drive shaft when the adapter plate is mounted on the drive shaft.