Patent ID: 7900428

Claim:
An apparatus for attachment to lawn mowing machines for use to edge and trim grass and weeds comprising: a gear assembly with a first gear attached to a gear shaft and a second gear attachable to a powered rotating element of a mowing machine; an attachment element of an apparatus housing having a shaft hole with said gear shaft rotatably disposed in said shaft hole with a connector end of said gear shaft positioned in a coupling end of said attachment element; a trimming device with a trimmer tube open at a first end with a first end of a shaft disposed in said trimmer tube and said first end of said trimmer tube inserted in said coupling end to position a shaft socket fitting of said first end of said shaft on said gear shaft; an anti-rotating clamp attached adjacent said first end of said trimmer tube disposed for positioning in a clamp recess in a front face of said coupling end to inhibit rotation of said trimmer tube in said coupling end; and an attachment device to retain said anti-rotating clamp in said clamp recess.