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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
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 ...
B62D 1/02 (2006.01); A01D 34/416 (2006.01); B26D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/4166 (2013.01); A01D 34/416 (2013.01); B26D 1/02 (2013.01); B26D 2210/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A trimmer head for a rotary trimmer, includes an upper housing and a lower housing secured to the upper housing, wherein either the upper housing or the lower housing has a passageway. The trimmer head also includes a cutter assembly maintained in the passageway, wherein the cutter assembly has a knife, and wherein trimmer line inserted into the passageway is cut by the knife. A related method of cutting a trimmer line using the cutter assembly incorporated into a trimmer head is also disclosed.