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US 11,889,786 B2Granted
Mower with manual lifting mechanism for wing deck
AssigneeExcel Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrian L. Nebel, Thomas J. Gaeddert, Philip Lowell Hochstetler
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Abstract
A mower with one or more wing decks that includes one or more manual lifting mechanisms for the one or more wing decks. The manual lifting mechanism may shift between retracted and extended positions, where in the extended position a handle can be positioned further away from the wing deck. When the handle is in the extended position, a user can manually engage the handle and lift the wing deck from a lowered configuration to a raised configuration, using less force than would be required if the handle was in the retracted configuration.
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A mower with one or more wing decks, comprising:
- at least one frame member;
- a main deck coupled to the at least one frame member, the main deck having a main deck first side and a main deck second side opposite the main deck first side, wherein the main deck comprises at least one main deck blade;
- a first wing deck, the first wing deck having a first wing deck first side and a first wing deck second side opposite the first wing deck first side, wherein the first wing deck comprises at least one first wing deck blade, wherein at least a portion of the first wing deck shifts between a lowered configuration, where the first wing deck and the main deck are positioned in a substantially planar orientation for engaging a mowing surface, and a raised configuration, where the first wing deck second side has shifted up so that the first wing deck extends between the first wing deck first side and the first wing deck second side in a direction that is transverse to a direction of extension between the main deck first side and the main deck second side the first wing deck having a top side opposite a bottom side, the at least one first wing deck blade positioned on the bottom side of the first wing deck;
- a pulley compartment is coupled to the top side of the first wing deck;
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- a manual lifting mechanism coupled to the first wing deck, the manual lifting mechanism comprising a handle portion and at least one shaft extending out from the handle portion, wherein the manual lifting mechanism is shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein, when in the extended position, at least part of the handle portion is positioned further away from the first wing deck second side than when in the retracted position, and wherein at least part of the one or more shafts is positioned inside the pulley compartment when in the retracted position.
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A stand-on mower with one or more wing decks, comprising:
- at least one frame member;
- an operator platform coupled to the at least one frame member;
- a main deck coupled to the at least one frame member, the main deck having a main deck first side and a main deck second side opposite the main deck first side, wherein the main deck comprises at least one main deck blade;
- a wing deck, the wing deck having a wing deck first side and a wing deck second side opposite the wing deck first side, wherein the wing deck comprises at least one wing deck blade, and wherein at least a portion of the wing deck shifts between a lowered configuration, where the wing deck and the main deck are positioned in a substantially planar orientation for engaging a mowing surface, and a raised configuration, where the wing deck second side has shifted up with respect to the main deck such that the wing deck is positioned transverse to the orientation of the main deck;
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- a manual lifting mechanism coupled to the wing deck, the manual lifting mechanism comprising a handle portion and at least one shaft extending out from the handle portion, wherein the manual lifting mechanism is shiftable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein, when in the retracted position, at least a portion of the at least one shaft is positioned within a pulley chamber of the wing deck, whereas when in the extended position, the handle portion is positioned further away from the wing deck second side than when in the retracted position.
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