Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080196256 | Split power tool - An extendable hedge trimmer includes a housing having a handle end and a tool end. The handle end includes a battery and an electrical connector. The tool end includes a hedge trimming implement, a motor, and an electrical connector. The electrical connector of the tool end is electrically connected with the motor. Wiring is included within the handle end for electrically connecting the battery and the electrical connector of the handle end. The trimmer also includes a pole which is releasably connectable between the tool end and the handle end. The pole is configured for electrically connecting the handle end with the tool end. The trimmer also includes a latch mechanism for releasably attaching the pole between tool end and handle end. The trimmer also includes an input for receiving AC line power via a power cord, the trimmer configured for being power by AC line power and/or battery power. | 08-21-2008 |
20120090480 | VEGETABLE CUTTER - A cutter used to spirally slice a vegetable including a frame; a shaft supported on the frame, the shaft being freely rotatable and movable along an axis; a holder attached at one end of the shaft; a cutting assembly supported opposite the holder having a first annular blade defining a first bore adapted to form a first peel, a cross cutter adapted to break the first peel into a segment, and a second annular blade defining a second bore, wherein the second annular blade is spaced axially outward from the first blade relative to the holder and wherein the second blade has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first blade and is adapted to cut a second peel from the core left by the first blade. | 04-19-2012 |
20120210585 | SPLIT POWER TOOL - An extendable hedge trimmer includes a housing having a handle end and a tool end. The handle end includes a battery and an electrical connector. The tool end includes a hedge trimming implement, a motor, and an electrical connector. The electrical connector of the tool end is electrically connected with the motor. Wiring is included within the handle end for electrically connecting the battery and the electrical connector of the handle end. The trimmer also includes a pole which is releasably connectable between the tool end and the handle end. The pole is configured for electrically connecting the handle end with the tool end. The trimmer also includes a latch mechanism for releasably attaching the pole between tool end and handle end. The trimmer also includes an input for receiving AC line power via a power cord, the trimmer configured for being power by AC line power and/or battery power. | 08-23-2012 |