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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Shakespeare Company, Llc, Columbia, SC (US);
Inventor:
David B. Skinner, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Shakespeare Company, LLC, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/416 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/4165 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
Trimmer heads for use with a rotary powered trimming device for cutting vegetation and methods of assembling such trimmer heads are provided. A trimmer head has one or more pivoting line holders and includes a single unitary molded housing having at least one recessed cavity located on the upper surface which is shaped and sized to receive a pivoting line holder. The recessed cavity includes reinforcement members for securely retaining the pivoting line holder therein via insertion of a metal bearing ring which allows for free rotation of pivoting line holder about its central axis within recessed cavity.