US 11,812,703 B2
Backpack blower with improved starting mechanism
Robert Schriever, Concord, NC (US)
Assigned to HUSQVARNA AB, Huskvarna (SE)
Filed by Husqvarna AB, Huskvarna (SE)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/691,102.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153444 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. A01G 20/47 (2018.01); A45F 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 20/47 (2018.02) [A45F 3/14 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blower comprising:
a housing;
a backpack harness operably coupled to the housing to support the blower on a back of a user wearing the backpack harness;
an engine operably coupled to the housing;
a fan assembly operably coupled to the engine to force air through a blower tube responsive to operation of the engine; and
a starting assembly comprising a starting lever comprising a lever arm operably coupled to an axial member at a distal end of the axial member, and the lever arm extends radially away from an axis formed by the axial member, wherein the axial member includes a set of gear teeth at a proximal end of the axial member interfaced with a gear assembly, and the starting lever is pivotable about the axis by a user wearing the blower via the backpack harness to start the engine.