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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2004
Patrick Hallinan, Bristow, VA (US);
Karl W. Macdonald, Center Moriches, NY (US);
Carl Novak, Moriches, NY (US);
Joseph Cassella, Middleburgh, NY (US);
Joseph Basile, Manorville, NY (US);
James Schreck, Centereach, NY (US);
Stanley Lewandowski, Manorville, NY (US);
Patrick Hallinan, Bristow, VA (US);
Karl W. MacDonald, Center Moriches, NY (US);
Carl Novak, Moriches, NY (US);
Joseph Cassella, Middleburgh, NY (US);
Joseph Basile, Manorville, NY (US);
James Schreck, Centereach, NY (US);
Stanley Lewandowski, Manorville, NY (US);
Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A trimming system for a user-operated ground vehicle capable of performing mowing and trimming operations. The system includes a drive operatively coupled to a drive system of the vehicle having the trimming system mounted thereon, and a trimming unit operatively coupled to the drive for performing edge trimming operations. The drive may include at least one driven pulley operatively coupled to a drive pulley of the vehicle for driving the trimming unit. The drive pulley may be coupled to a mowing unit and the trimming unit to either selectively or simultaneously drive the mowing and trimming units. A guide wheel may be mounted on the vehicle adjacent the trimming unit for maintaining the trimming wires of the trimming unit at a predetermined distance from a stationary object during performance of edge trimming operations.