Power mower edger and trimmer attachment

Claim 1

A grass edger and trimmer attachment for a power mower having a housing with a downwardly extending skirt and having an engine with a drive shaft extending into the housing and supporting cutter blades located within the skirt, comprising: a bearing adapted to be mounted on but outside the housing and supporting a vertical trimmer shaft extending below the skirt; a trimmer hub on the bottom portion of the trimmer shaft and supporting flail members operative for trimming grass adjacent to the skirt when the shaft and hub are rotated; a first pulley on the drive shaft and a second pulley on the top portion of the trimmer shaft, the skirt having a slot therethrough located between the pulleys; a drive belt extending through the slot and around the pulleys; and an edger assembly including an arm supporting a bearing, the arm having an inner end adapted to be hinged hinged to the housing near the slot, and the arm supporting an edger shaft in the bearing which shaft extends beyond the outer end of the arm, and the edger assembly further including an edger hub with flail members attached thereto and mounted on the outer end of the edger shaft and a friction drive wheel mounted on the edger shaft, the arm being hinged to the housing in such a location that when the arm is pivoted to a position wherein the edger shaft is substantially horizontal the friction drive wheel rides on the top of the second pulley and drives the edger hub and flail members.