Patent ID: 6928693

Claim:
In a backpack blower for blowing leaves and debris, said blower having a lightweight engine, a starter, a fuel tank, a fan powered by said engine, a frame supporting said engine, two hollow tubes, and a control mechanism, wherein the improvement comprises: a housing, having a front half and a rear half, said front half and said rear half mate to each other to contain said fan, a generally round shape with an intake for said fan in said rear half and two outlets from said housing; two elbows, having a generally round cross section on a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of said elbow, a first end and an opposite second end, a generally right angle shape whereby said first end is generally perpendicular to said second end, said first end connects with one of said outlets and said second end joins one of said tubes; and wherein said control mechanism is mountable on either of said tubes by an operator.