Kit for retrofitting a vehicle into a lawn care vehicle
OwnerRyan Najpauerinventor
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Abstract
A kit for retrofitting a vehicle, such as a lawn mower or tractor, into a lawn care vehicle for distributing liquids for treatment of a lawn, the kit includes a base, a liquid tank, a hose reel, and a fluid flow control system. The fluid flow control system includes a dispensing hose on the hose reel and a hand-held hose. A Y-shape valve fluidically connects the dispensing hose and the hand-held hose to each other and to the liquid tank. The nozzles of the dispensing hose and the hand-held hose have a magnet so as to magnetically mount them anywhere on the vehicle, and the components of the kit may be mounted in various arrangements on the vehicle.
Claims11
A kit for retrofitting a vehicle into a lawn care vehicle for treatment of a lawn, the kit comprising:
- a base mounted on an aft end of a vehicle, and having a first portion extending outwardly from the aft end of the vehicle and a second portion extending downwardly from the first portion of the base;
- a liquid tank mounted on the first portion of the base and containing a lawn treatment chemical;
- a pump fluidically connected to and supported by the liquid tank;
- a hose reel mounted on the base of the vehicle;
- at least one dispensing hose supported by the hose reel and having a first end fluidically connected to the pump for fluidically connecting the dispensing hose to the liquid tank and having a nozzle assembly attached to a second end for dispensing the liquid lawn treatment chemical;
- at least one hand held hose having a nozzle assembly and fluidically connected to the at least one dispensing hose and the pump;
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- a fluid flow control system mounted on the vehicle and connected to the pump for operation of the pump and the dispensing of the liquid lawn treatment chemical from the at least one dispensing hose and the hand-held hose.
A kit for retrofitting a vehicle into a lawn care vehicle for treatment of a lawn, the kit comprising:
- a base mounted on an aft end of a vehicle, and having a first portion extending outwardly from the aft end of the vehicle and a second portion extending downwardly from the first portion of the base;
- a liquid tank supported below the first portion of the base and containing a lawn treatment chemical;
- a pump fluidically connected to the liquid tank;
- a hose reel mounted on the base of the vehicle;
- at least one dispensing hose supported by the hose reel and having a first end fluidically connected to the pump for fluidically connecting the dispensing hose to the liquid tank and having a nozzle assembly attached to a second end for dispensing the liquid lawn treatment chemical;
- at least one hand held hose having a nozzle assembly and fluidically connected to the at least one dispensing hose and the pump;
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- a fluid flow control system mounted on the vehicle and connected to the pump for operation of the pump and the dispensing of the liquid lawn treatment chemical from the at least one dispensing hose and the hand-held hose.
A kit for retrofitting a vehicle into a lawn care vehicle for treatment of a lawn, the kit comprising:
- a base mounted on an aft end of a vehicle, the base including a first portion extending outwardly from the aft end of the vehicle and a second portion extending downwardly from the second portion of the base;
- a liquid tank mounted on the first portion of the base and located above the first portion of the base and containing a lawn treatment chemical;
- a pump fluidically mounted on the liquid tank;
- a hose reel mounted on the base;
- a dispensing hose supported on the hose reel, the dispensing hose having a first end fluidically connected to the pump for fluidically connecting the dispensing hose to the liquid tank and a second end and a nozzle assembly attached to the second end of the dispensing hose for dispensing the liquid lawn treatment chemical;
- a hand-held hose fluidically connected to the dispensing hose and having a nozzle assembly;
- a magnetic device associated with the nozzle assembly of the dispensing hose for positioning and securing the dispensing hose in a predetermined location on the vehicle;
- a magnetic device associated with the nozzle assembly of the hand-held hose for positioning and securing the hand-held hose in a predetermined location on the vehicle;
- a control system located on the vehicle and electrically connected to the pump for controlling the pump and the dispensing of the liquid lawn treatment chemical from the dispensing hose and the hand-held device;
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- a counterweight mounted on the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.