Single handed walk behind mower controls
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Corporation
InventorsRobert Laurin, Derrick Camenga, James Marshall, Joe Ferris, Tom Burkard
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Abstract
A walk behind lawn mower including a frame including a handle, an engine mounted to the frame, a transmission coupling the engine to a plurality of wheels, and a user interface coupled to the transmission and including a static link rigidly coupled to the handle, a forward link coupled to a forward lever and to the static link, a reverse link coupled to a reverse lever and to the static link, and a joining link coupled between the forward link and the reverse link. The user interface is actuatable between a forward configuration and a reverse configuration using a single hand.
Claims20
A walk behind lawn mower, comprising:
- a frame including a handle;
- an engine mounted to the frame;
- a transmission coupling the engine to a plurality of wheels;
- and
- a user interface coupled to the transmission and including
- a static link rigidly coupled to the handle,
- a forward link coupled to a forward lever and to the static link,
- a reverse link coupled to a reverse lever and to the static link, and
- a joining link coupled between the forward link and the reverse link,
- wherein the user interface is actuatable between a forward configuration and a reverse configuration using a single hand.
A user interface comprising:
- a static link rigidly coupled to a handle of an outdoor power equipment;
- a forward link coupled to a forward lever and to the static link;
- a reverse link coupled to a reverse lever and to the static link;
- and
- a joining link coupled between the forward link and the reverse link,
- wherein the user interface is actuatable between a forward configuration and a reverse configuration using a single hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.