Clipping attachment for hedge trimmer

Claim 1

A CLIPPING ACCUMULATOR ATTACHMENT FOR HEDGE TRIMMERS OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A SICKLE BLADE ASSEMBLY OPERATIVELY MOUNTED UPON AND DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING A FLAT BASE PLATE, MEANS RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID PLATE UPON SAID SICKLE BLADE ASSEMBLY, A FLAT EXTENSION PLATE, A HINGE PIVOTALLY CONNECTING ADJACENT EDGES OF SAID PLATES FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID EXTENSION PLATE RELATIVE TO SAID BASE PLATE TO POSITION IN A PAIR OF PLANES WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY COMMON TO AND ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THAT OF SAID BASE PLATE WHEREBY SAID EXTENSION PLATE MAY SELECTIVELY AND RESPECTIVELY EXTEND THE CLIPPING HOLDING AREA OF THE BASE PLATE AND PROVIDE A CLIPPING HOLDING SURFACE PERPENDICULAR TO THE LATTER WHEN THE BASE PLATE IS HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED, A LOCKING MEANS SECURED TO ONE PLATE AND ENGAGING THE OTHER FOR SELECTIVELY SECURING SAID PLATES IN COPLANAR AND MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR POSITIONS, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING DISPOSED SOLELY AT ONE END OF SAID PLATES AND AT THEIR PIVOTED CONNECTION.