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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2005
Charles W. Paddock, Lancaster, NY (US);
Charles W. Paddock, Lancaster, NY (US);
Paddock-Phinney, LLC, Lancaster, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved trimmer guard (), for use with a trimmer () having a motor (), a head () and a shaft (), comprising a mounting assembly () configured to mount to a trimmer shaft, a frame () supported by the mounting assembly and a foldable skirt () supported by the frame. The frame and the skirt may be configured and arranged to move from a first folded position () to a second expanded position (). The skirt may comprise a material selected from a group consisting of polyethylene film, woven polypropylene, woven nylon, canvas and neoprene. The support frame may comprise a first arm () extending from a mounting assembly and a second arm () extending from the mounting assembly and the first and second arms may be pivotally connected to the mounting assembly. The first and second arms may pivot from a folded position that is substantially parallel to the shaft outwardly to an expanded position that is in a plane substantially perpendicular to the shaft.