Patent ID: 8549689

Claim:
A lawn sweeper assembly comprising: a lawn sweeper unit including a housing having left and right hopper support bars each having a first end pivotally connected to the housing, wherein each of said hopper support bars extend from said housing to a second end to define a support width therebetween, a hopper bag assembly including a bag connected to a frame, cooperatively defining an open topped volume, said frame having a rod connected at each side frame member and defining a hopper width between said side frame members, wherein said hopper width is greater than said support width, such that when each said rod is pivotally connected at said second end of each hopper support bar a rotation axis is defined and each of the hopper support bars are disposed within the hopper width; and a handle, pivotably connected at a top frame member of said hopper frame, and having a grip end extending from said top frame member toward the lawn sweeper unit, such that a force applied to said grip end toward the housing rotates said hopper bag assembly about said rotation axis toward the housing to empty said hopper bag.