Patent ID: 7762052

Claim:
An apparatus for collecting yard debris disposed on a surface comprising: a. a chassis frame; b. a blower unit mounted on said chassis frame and adapted to induce an entraining air flow; c. a collector rotor rotatably mounted on said chassis frame adapted to: i. engage said surface and said yard debris thereupon, and ii. impel said yard debris toward said blower unit; d. a conduit adapted to conduct said yard debris in said entraining air flow from said collector-rotor to said blower unit; e. an upwardly opening accumulator i. detachably attached to said chassis frame, ii. operatively connected to said blower unit, iii. having a rigid perimetral frame, and iv. being adapted to receive said yard debris from said blower unit; and f. said upwardly opening detachable accumulator having at least one attached roller adapted to support said upwardly opening detachable accumulator upon detachment of said accumulator from said chassis frame.