Drive over mower deck automatic locking mechanism
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorMatthew T. Martin
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Abstract
A drive over mower deck automatic locking mechanism includes a lift frame engaging a drive over mower deck, and a pair of locking plates pivotably connected to the lift frame. The locking plates lock the drive over mower deck to the lift frame when the lift frame raises the drive over mower deck to a mowing or transport position, and unlock the drive over mower deck from the lift frame when the lift frame lowers the drive over mower deck to an installation position.
Claims11
A drive over mower deck automatic locking mechanism, comprising:
- a lift frame engaging and lifting a drive over mower deck by driving over the drive mower deck;
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- a pair of locking plates pivotably connected to the lift frame;
- the locking plates automatically locking the drive over mower deck to the lift frame when the drive over mower deck is at any of a plurality of mowing or transport heights, and automatically releasing the drive over mower deck from the lift frame when the drive over mower deck is at an installation position below the plurality of mowing or transport heights.
A drive over mower deck automatic locking mechanism, comprising:
- a pair of locking plates pivotably connected to a pair of rear draft links under a tractor frame;
- the pair of locking plates automatically pivoting sufficiently relative to the pair of rear draft links to unlock a drive over mower deck from the pair of rear draft links when the drive over mower deck is at a lowest position for installation;
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- the pair of locking plates automatically pivoting insufficiently relative to the pair of rear draft links to unlock the drive over mower deck from the pair of rear draft links when the drive over mower deck is lifted to a mowing or transport position.
A drive over mower deck automatic locking mechanism, comprising:
- a lift frame on a tractor that engages a drive over mower deck and lifts the drive over mower deck to any mowing position or transport position above an installation position on the ground surface;
- a pair of locking plates pivotably connected to the lift frame that lock a pair of lift rods on the drive over mower deck in a pair of forward facing slots of the lift frame when the drive over mower deck is lifted to any of a plurality of mowing or transport heights, and the pair of locking plates pivoting sufficiently to unlock the pair of lift rods from the forward facing slots when the drive over deck is in the installation position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.