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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Echo Incorporated, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Joseph John Zenkus, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Stephen J. Towner, Gurnee, IL (US);
Ryan Garrett, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Echo Incorporated, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
A flexible line trimmer head has a housing with an operating axis and is made up of first and second parts configured to be placed in: a) a first state wherein the first and second housing parts are separated from each other; and b) a second state wherein the housing parts are operatively connected. The first and second housing parts configured so that in the second state a space is defined between the first and second housing parts within which an operatively positioned spool can be captively maintained. The flexible line trimmer head further has a unitary shaft that extends axially between, and connects to, each of the first and second housing parts to maintain a desired aligned relationship between the first and second housing parts.