Patent ID: 7766256

Claim:
A grounds maintenance apparatus comprising: (a) a grounds maintenance device comprising a motorized leaf blower unit adapted for being carried by a user, the motorized leaf blower comprising a motor carried on the back of a user using a strap; (b) a spraying device for spraying a fluid comprising a container for holding the fluid, and an independently moveable spraying member in communication with the container for spraying the fluid; and (c) a receiving member attached to the grounds maintenance device for receiving and removably carrying the spraying member on the ground maintenance device, whereby the spraying member is moveable between a carrying position wherein the spraying member is carried by the receiving member and a spraying position wherein the spraying member is removed from the receiving member and moveable independent of the grounds maintenance device, and further wherein the spraying member is easily moveable between the carrying position and the spraying position without removing the receiving member from the ground maintenance device; (d) an air pump in communication with the container via a first fluid line, whereby the container is pressurized; (e) a second fluid line connecting the container and the spraying member; and (f) a trigger operatively connected to a valve positioned in the second fluid line whereby pressing the trigger opens the valve to allow the fluid to pass through the second fluid line and into the spraying member.