Patent Application
20180014461
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The disclosure and prior art relates to trimming devices and more particularly pertains to a new trimming device for trimming weeds around ornamental plants.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle that may be manipulated. The handle has a length ranging between forty cm and sixty cm. A cutting unit is coupled to the handle and the cutting unit may cut plants when the handle is manipulated. A control is coupled to the handle and the control may be manipulated. The control is electrically coupled to the cutting unit and the control controls operational parameters of the cutting unit.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A cutting unit 20 is coupled to the handle 12. The cutting unit 20 cuts plants 22 when the handle 12 is manipulated. The plants 22 may be weeds or the like and the plants 22 may be growing in a flower pot or a flower bed. The cutting unit 20 may have a diameter ranging between seven cm and ten cm. Thus, the cutting unit 20 may be positioned in a restricted area.
The cutting unit 20 comprises a motor 24 that is coupled to the second end 16 of the handle 12. The motor 24 may comprise an electrical motor or the like. A wire spool 26 is coupled to the motor 24. The motor 24 rotates the wire spool 26 when the motor 24 is turned on.
The wire spool 26 includes a pair of wires 28 extending outwardly therefrom. Thus, each of the wires 28 may cut the plant when the motor is turned on. The wire spool 26 may comprise a weed eater wire spool or the like. A shield 30 is coupled to the motor 24 and the shield 30 substantially covers the wire spool 26.
A control 32 is provided. The control 32 is coupled to the handle 12 and the control 32 may be manipulated. The control 32 is electrically coupled to the cutting unit 20. Thus, the control 32 controls operational parameters of the cutting unit 20.
The control 32 comprises a housing 34 that is coupled to the first end 14 of the handle 12. The housing 34 has a distal end 36 with respect to the first end 14 and an outer surface 38. The housing 34 includes a fin 40 extending downwardly from the outer surface 38. The fin 40 enhances gripping the handle 12.
A processor 42 is positioned within the housing 42 and the processor 42 is electrically coupled to the motor 24. The processor 42 may comprise an electronic processor 42 or the like. A plurality of buttons 44 is provided. Each of the buttons 44 is coupled to the outer surface 38 of the housing 42 and each of the buttons 44 may be manipulated. Each of the buttons 44 is electrically coupled to the processor 42 and each of the buttons 44 controls operational parameters of the motor 24.
The plurality of buttons 44 may include an on button, an off button, a pulse button and a reverse button. The on button may turn the motor 24 on and the off button may turn the motor 24 off. The pulse button may actuate the motor 24 to pulse between being on and off. The reverse button may reverse a rotational direction of the motor 24.
A trigger 46 is provided. The trigger 46 is movably coupled to the fin 40 and the trigger 46 may be manipulated. The trigger 46 is electrically coupled to the processor 42. The trigger 46 turns the motor 24 on when the trigger 46 is manipulated.
A power supply 48 is coupled to the control 32 and the power supply 48 is electrically coupled to the processor 42. The power supply 48 comprises at least one battery 50 and a charge port 52 that is coupled to the distal end 36 of the housing 34. The charge port 52 is electrically coupled to the at least one battery 50. The charge port 52 may be electrically coupled to a power source 54 thereby facilitating the at least one battery 50 to be charged. The power source 54 may comprise a battery charger or the like.
In use, the handle 12 is manipulated to position the cutting unit 20 in the restricted area such as a flower bed or the like. Selected ones of the buttons 44 are manipulated and the trigger 46 is manipulated to rotate the wire spool 26. The length of the handle 12 facilitates precise manipulation of the cutting unit 20. Thus, the cutting unit 20 may trim weeds in the flower bed without damaging ornamental plants in the flower bed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
