Leaf and grass cart bagger

Claim 1

A leaf and grass cart bagger comprising: A. a wheeled cart adapted for attachment to a vehicle having a material pick-up and blower; B. a barrel mounted on said cart, wherein said barrel further has a plurality of perforations through the side thereof adapted for exhausting air from the blower as material is discharged into said barrel from the blower, and; C. conduit means for interconnecting the discharge of said material pick-up and blower on a vehicle with the interior of said barrel for discharge of picked up material therein, wherein said barrel has an open upper end and, in an upright filling position, with a lid removably attached to and over said open upper end with said conduit means further having an end thereof attached to, and opening through, said lid, said lid when so attached serving both to close said open upper end of said container and to force said air from said blower to exhaust only through said barrel perforations whereby said discharged material is packed within said barrel, and; D. pivoted barrel emptying means interengaging said container and said cart to permit tilting of said barrel on said cart from said upright filling position to a tilted material emptying position, said pivoted emptying means comprising a barrel strap partially encircling and secured to said barrel, proximate the open upper end thereof, and pivotally secured around a bar connected to said cart for pivotally mounting said barrel about said bar, said pivoted emptying means further including, in said tilted material emptying position, said open upper end of said barrel with a material collection bag engaged thereover, and means resiliently attaching said bag to said barrel, whereby by removing said lid, attaching said bag and pivoting said barrel to said tilted position, material from said barrel is discharged into said bag for subsequent disposal thereof.