Patent ID: 8590166

Claim:
A string trimmer for use by an operator for cutting vegetation comprising: a housing, a rotatable head mounted on the housing, said head including an elongated cord extended generally radially outward from the head, a motor operatively connected to the head to move said cord in a circular plane to cut vegetation into cut debris, a shroud mounted on the housing and extended over a section of the circular plane of movement of the cord, a debris deflector mounted on the shroud extended generally parallel to the circular plane of movement of the cord and in a generally radial outward direction whereby the cut debris is moved away from the shroud by air and the moving cord and directed in a direction away from the operator, at least one fastener securing the deflector to the shroud, a knife joined to the deflector, said knife having a knife edge located between the deflector and the circular plane of movement of the cord, said knife edge extended generally parallel to the circular plane of movement of the cord whereby the moving cord and knife edge cut vegetation into cut debris, and said at least one fastener securing the deflector and knife to the shroud.