Patent ID: 7604066

Claim:
A multipurpose lawn-grooming assembly comprising: a universal frame comprising a main body, support assembly, and tongue; a plurality of different lawn-grooming implements, each configured for tool-less connection to the frame; the main body including a central portion and a mounting portion disposed at each longitudinally opposed end of the central portion, each mounting portion extending likewise from the central portion and including a coupling assembly having a slot defined in the mounting portion with an open end at a distal end of the mounting portion and a latch having a latch slot and a biasing element; the support assembly including a crossbar and a ground-engaging element, the support assembly connected to the frame for relative movement with respect thereto; the tongue including a tow bar connected to the frame that extends from the main body, the tongue being adapted to facilitate operative connection to a tow vehicle; the plurality of different lawn-grooming implements each separately connectable to the frame by selective engagement with the coupling assembly and all collectively connectable to the frame when the tongue is disposed in a storage configuration, which is defined when the tongue and the main body is disposed generally vertically and the crossbar and ground-engaging element are contiguous with a ground surface, and wherein only a single of the lit of different lawn-grooming implements is connected to the frame when the tongue is disposed in an operative configuration.