Cover for attachment arm

Abstract

The present invention is a cover for an attachment portion of a power trowel. The cover includes a cap portion and an attachment portion. The cap portion houses the bolts that attach the blades to the blade attachment member. The attachment portion is connected to the cap portion and depends therefrom. The attachment portion includes a pair of semi-circular members that depend from the cap portion and are used to couple the cover to the attachment portion.

1 . A cover for an attachment portion of a power trowel, the cover comprising:
 a cap portion, the cap portion having a flared portion depending downwardly from the cap portion; and   an attachment portion depending inwardly from the flared portion.   
   
   
       2 . The cover of  claim 1 , wherein the cap portion includes an upper portion having a pair of edges and a pair of sidewalls depending downwardly from each edge 
   
   
       3 . The cover of  claim 2 , wherein the flared portion includes a pair of angled sidewalls, the pair of angled sidewalls having an upper edge and a lower edge, the upper edge depending outwardly at an angle from the pair of sidewalls. 
   
   
       4 . The cover of  claim 3 , wherein the attachment portion includes a pair of semi-circular members depending inwardly from the lower edge of the angled sidewalls. 
   
   
       5 . The cover of  claim 4 , wherein the cap portion includes a positioning member. 
   
   
       6 . The cover of  claim 5 , wherein the positioning member depends downwardly from a lower surface of the upper portion of the cap. 
   
   
       7 . The cover of  claim 5 , wherein the positioning member is a pin, the pin being received in a pair of holes in the side walls of the cap portion. 
   
   
       8 . A cover for an attachment portion of a power trowel, the cover comprising:
 a cap portion, and   an attachment portion depending inwardly with the cap portion.   
   
   
       9 . The cover of  claim 8 , wherein the attachment portion includes a pair of semi-circular members, the pair of semicircular members depending from the cap portion at a joint. 
   
   
       10 . The cover of  claim 9 , wherein the cap portion includes an upper portion having a pair of edges and a pair of sidewalls depending downwardly from each edge. 
   
   
       11 . The cover of  claim 9 , wherein the upper portion is a dome. 
   
   
       12 . The cover of  claim 11 , wherein the cap portion includes a positioning member. 
   
   
       13 . The cover of  claim 12 , wherein the positioning member depends downwardly from a lower surface of the upper portion of the cap. 
   
   
       14 . The cover of  claim 5 , wherein the positioning member is a pin, the pin being received in a pair of holes in the upper portion of the cap portion. 
   
   
       15 . A cover for an attachment portion of a power trowel, the cover comprising:
 a right side;   a left side depending from the right side, the left side including:
 a top surface; 
 a first member depending downwardly from the top surface; 
 a second member depending outwardly at a angle from the first member; and 
 a third member depending inwardly from the second member, the third member being semi-circular; 
   wherein the right side is a mirror image of the left side.