Patent ID: 7065944

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a portable leaf blower for applying particulate matter to an area, in combination comprising: a) a portable leaf blower with an exhaust tube and an elongated blower tube to permit pressurized air to exit from said leaf blower, said leaf blower tube having first and second opposing ends, said first end being oriented toward said leaf blower, b) a blower attachment for connecting the exhaust tube to said blower tube; c) a container being disposed on and threaded into a conduit extending out of a side of said blower attachment, said container for receiving therein particulate matter, said container having a removably fixed cap thereon to permit particulate matter to be placed in the container, said container being positioned for gravity feed of the particulate matter in said container to said blower tube; and, d) a butterfly valve in said conduit with a shaft extending out both ends of said conduit for rotating said butterfly valve for metering the amount of particulate matter fed into said blower tube from said container to permit particulate matter to be spread by the leaf blower.