Mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle
AssigneesDavid D. Button, Barbara J. Button
InventorDavid D. Button
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Abstract
A mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle, the mower incorporating an “E” bracket including a column, a lower arm, an upper arm, and a medial arm, wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms has a proximal end fixedly attached to the column, and wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms is adapted for plant cutting; the mower further incorporating hitch arms for mounting the “E” bracket upon the rear end or front end of the agricultural vehicle; wherein each “E” bracket arm includes a downwardly opening housing within which a plurality of motor driven rotary blades are operatively mounted.
Claims16
A mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle, the mower comprising:
- (a) an “E” bracket, the “E” bracket comprising a column, a lower arm, an upper arm, and at least a first medial arm, wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms has a proximal end fixedly attached to the “E” bracket's column, and wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms is adapted for plant cutting and comprises a downwardly opening housing having a forward end;
- (b) mounting means fixedly attached to the “E” bracket's column, said means being adapted for extending the “E” bracket from the agricultural vehicle;
- (c) a plurality of horizontally orbiting blades, each such blade being mounted operatively at the forward end of one of the downwardly opening housings;
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- (d) a plurality of rotary drive motors, each rotary drive motor being mounted operatively for turning one of the horizontally orbiting blades, wherein the plurality of rotary blades further comprises vertically orbiting blades, each vertically orbiting blade being positioned at the rearward end of one of the downwardly opening housings.
A mower for attachment to an agricultural vehicle, the mower comprising:
- (a) an “E” bracket, the “E” bracket comprising a column, a lower arm, an upper arm, and at least a first medial arm, wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms has a proximal end fixedly attached to the “E” bracket's column, and wherein each of the “E” bracket's arms is adapted for plant cutting and comprises a downwardly opening housing having a forward end;
- (b) mounting means fixedly attached to the “E” bracket's column, said means being adapted for extending the “E” bracket from the agricultural vehicle;
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- (c) a plurality of horizontally orbiting blades, each such blade having a cutting edge and an upwardly canted trailing edge, each such blade being mounted operatively within one of the downwardly opening housings;
- wherein each blade among the plurality of horizontally orbiting blades is laterally paired with another blade among the plurality of horizontally orbiting blades, each lateral pair of horizontally orbiting blades residing within one of the downwardly opening housings;
- wherein each downwardly opening housing has a lower flared section, and wherein each lateral pair of horizontally orbiting blades is positioned within one of said lower flared sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.