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DEFINITION
Classification: 172/42
(under subclass 35) Apparatus in which a driven earth working element is mounted on a frame which element or frame is provided with a means to enable a walking attendant to steer,
guide or otherwise manipulate the element or frame, such frame being propelled over the earth by the attendant, by the earth working element or by a traction member driven from a prime mover supported on the frame.
(1) Note. This definition is intended to take those implements commonly referred to as "garden tillers", "rotary cultivators" and like devices which traverse the earth and are guided or manipulated as a unit by a walking attendant, there being disclosed a means, generally a handle, for affecting such guiding or manipulation. Devices which are coupled to a horse or tractor propelling means have been excluded and will be found in the subclasses hereinbelow based on the particular tool features or particular manipulative features of the driven tools.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
21+, for earth perforator tools of the lawn aerator type which may be hand guided by a walking attendant, such devices generally being self propelled over the earth.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
56, Harvesters, 16.7+, for a motor-driven lawn mower that is steered by a walking attendant.
180, Motor Vehicles,
19.1+, for a motor vehicle steered by a walking attendant.
