Triplex greensmower open foot platform cover
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsGilbert Shoaf, Taylor Waitt, Justin Rothrock
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Abstract
A triplex greensmower open foot platform provides an opening in front of an operator seat providing visibility from the operator seat to a center reel cutting unit. The opening has sufficient dimensions for removal or installation of the center reel cutting unit or a grass catcher therethrough. A pair of platform sections provides a perimeter at least partially around the opening. Each of the platform sections including a footrest and a rearwardly extending coupling that is manually removable from the triplex greensmower. A flexible cover may be removably attached to the platform and extend over the opening and at least part of the center reel cutting unit.
Claims12
A triplex greensmower open foot platform, comprising:
- a left platform section and a right platform section, each section removably attached to a triplex greensmower with a coupling extending rearwardly from each section;
- the left platform section and the right platform section defining a perimeter of an opening in front of an operator seat on the triplex greensmower that has a larger length and width than a center reel cutting unit positioned rearwardly of a left reel cutting unit and a right reel cutting unit;
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- a semi-transparent fabric cover removably attached to the left platform section and the right platform section over the center reel cutting unit, the center reel cutting unit being visible through the cover from the operator seat while mowing.
A triplex greensmower open foot platform, comprising:
- a pair of removable platform sections engaging a frame member of a triplex greensmower;
- each of the sections including a foot rest;
- an opening between the pair of removable platform sections having larger dimensions than a rear reel cutting unit attached to a lift arm behind a pair of front reel cutting units;
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- a fabric cover extending over the opening and removably engaged to the pair of removable platform sections whereby mowing of the rear reel cutting unit is visible to an operator through the cover.
A triplex greensmower open foot platform, comprising:
- an opening in front of an operator seat on a triplex greensmower providing visibility from the operator seat to a center reel cutting unit behind a left front reel cutting unit and a right front reel cutting unit and having sufficient dimensions for removal or installation of the center reel cutting unit or a grass catcher therethrough;
- a platform providing a perimeter at least partially around the opening, the platform including a footrest and a rearwardly extending coupling that is manually removable from the triplex greensmower;
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- a flexible cover removably attached to the platform and extending over the opening and at least a part of the center reel cutting unit whereby the flexible cover is sufficiently transparent to see the center reel cutting unit mowing from the operator seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.