Lawn mower and edger mechanism

Claim 1

A lawn mower and edger mechanism comprising in combination: a. a wheeled carriage having a substantially horizontal deck with an aperture formed therethrough; b. power means supported on the upper surface of the deck of said wheeled carriage, said power means having an output shaft extending downwardly through the deck; c. a mower blade secured to the output shaft of said power means; d. a power take-off pulley secured to the output shaft of said power means at a point between the horizontal surface of the deck and said mower blade; e. an upstanding member on the upper surface of the deck of said wheeled carriage; f. edger means pivotably mounted on said upstanding member, said edger means movable between a downwardly forwardly extending working position and a substantially vertical storage position, said edger means comprising: 1. an arm pivotably mounted on said upstanding member and movable in a plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said wheeled carriage; 2. an elongated shaft movably journalled on said arm and extending longitudinally of said arm, said shaft being longitudinally reciprocal and axially rotatable relative to said arm; 3. a sleeve transversely carried on the outermost extending end of said shaft; 4. a stub shaft rotatably journalled in said sleeve; 5. an edger blade affixed to one end of said stub shaft; 6. a pulley affixed to the other end of said stub shaft; 7. plane selecting means connected to said elongated shaft and to said arm for selecting the operating plane of said edger blade; 8. stop means on said upstanding member and engagable with said arm for adjustably determining the vertical position of said edger blade when said edger means is in the working position; 9. a control rod connected to said arm for moving said edger means between its working position and its storage position; 10. biasing means between said arm and said sleeve for urging said elongated shaft to a longitudinally extended position relative to said arm; and g. driving means interconnected between said power take-off pulley and said pulley affixed to the other end of said stub shaft through the aperture formed in said wheeled carriage, said driving means operative when said edger is in the working position, and inoperative when said edger means is in the storage position.