Vacuum lawn sweeper

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A VACUUM LAWN SWEEPER COMPRISING A MAIN FRAME INCLUDING A PAIR OF REARWARDLY DIRECTED HANDLES AND A DEPENDING TRIPOD LEG ASSEMBLY HAVING A PAIR OF DEPENDING FRONT LEGS AND AT LEAST ONE DEPENDING REAR LEG ASSEMBLY, A PAIR OF SUPPORT WHEELS ROTATABLY SUPPORTED AT THE LOWER END PORTIONS OF SAID FRONT LEGS AND A SINGLE CASTER WHEEL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED AT THE LOWER END PORTION OF SAID REAR LEG ASSEMBLY, SAID REAR LEG ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF REARWARDLY CONVERGENT LEGS PIVOTALLY SECURED AT THEIR FORWARD ENDS TO SAID MAIN FRAME FOR ROTATION ABOUT GENERALLY ALIGNED HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED AXES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID MAIN FRAME AND A DEPENDING BRACE PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ITS LOWER END TO THE REAR ENDS OF SAID CONVERGENT LEGS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY SPACED BORES FORMED TRANSVERSELY THROUGH ITS UPPER END, SAID REARWARDLY DIRECTED HANDLES, AT POINTS SPACED REARWARDLY OF SAID MAIN FRAME, BEING DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND INTERCONNECTED BY MEANS OF A SHANKTYPE FASTENER SECURED THROUGH THE ADJACENT PORITONS OF SAID HANDLES, THE UPPER END OF SAID DEPENDING BRACE PASSING BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT PORTIONS OF SAID HANDLES WITH SAID FASTENER PASSING THROUGH A SELECTED ONE OF SAID BORES AND THEREBY SERVING THE DUAL FUNCTION OF INTERCONNECTING SAID HANDLES AND ADJUSTABLY SUPPORTING SAID DEPENDING BRACE, A BLOWER ASSEMBLY SUPPORTED FROM SAID MAIN FRAME AND INCLUDING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, MOTOR MEANS DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID BLOWER ASSEMBLY, SAID BLOWER ASSEMBLY INLET INCLUDING A DEPENDING INLET SNOUT WHICH IS FLARED AT ITS LOWER END FORMING AN ELONGATED INLET HEAD GENERALLY PARALLELING SAID AXES OF ROTATION OF SAID PAIR OF SUPPORT WHEELS AND DISPOSED SLIGHTLY FORWARDLY OF THE LATTER, A COLLECTION BAG HAVING AN INLET SECURED TO SAID BLOWER ASSEMBLY OUTLET, SAID BAG, REMOTE FROM ITS INLET BEING SUSPENDED FROM AT LEAST ONE OF SAID HANDLES ADJACENT THE REAR END THEREOF.