Sprayer tank support frame on a roll bar of a lawn mower or tractor
OwnerCharles H. Rood, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A sprayer tank support frame that can be selectively coupled to a roll bar of a lawn mower or tractor while the roll bar is in a raised/elevated position or in a lowered/retracted position. An operator can discharge contents of the sprayer tank while on the support frame in either the raised/elevated or lowered/retracted position and while operating the lawn mower or tractor. The sprayer tank support frame can be adapted to be a universal support frame for use with roll bars of differing sizes and/or dimensions. The sprayer tank support frame can be adapted to be a universal support frame for use with tanks of differing sizes and/or dimensions.
Claims14
A support frame for mounting to a wheeled vehicle for supporting a sprayer tank during spraying or when not spraying, the support frame comprising:
- a) a lateral mounting plate having a first end and a second end, and having a first opening positioned on the first end and a second opening positioned on the second end;
- b) a first longitudinal mounting plate having a third opening and a second longitudinal mounting plate having a fourth opening, wherein the first longitudinal mounting plate is coupled to the lateral mounting plate at the first end and the second longitudinal mounting plate is coupled to the lateral mounting plate at the second end;
- c) a pair of connector plates, each said connector plate having a first fastener, a first connector plate end and a second connector plate end, the first connector plate end having a pair of fifth openings and the second connector plate end having a pair of sixth openings, the pair of fifth openings adapted for receiving a second fastener and the pair of sixth openings adapted for receiving a third fastener;
- d) a rack portion having a lower fixed section and an upper section that is pivotally connected to said lower section;
- e) wherein the frame is adapted to be removably coupled to the wheeled vehicle having a roll bar upper section when the roll bar upper section is extended to an elevated position or retracted to a lowered position;
- f) wherein each said first fastener of the pair of connector plates is configured to removably couple one said connector plate to the frame at the lateral mounting plate, at the first longitudinal mounting plate, or at the second longitudinal mounting plate;
- g) wherein the second fastener and the third fastener are each adapted to fit at least partially around the roll bar and to removably couple one said connector plate to the roll bar;
- h) wherein the pair of connector plates couple the frame to the roll bar in the elevated position when the first fastener of one said connector plate is positioned in the third opening of the first longitudinal mounting plate and the first fastener of the other said connector plate is positioned in the fourth opening of the second longitudinal mounting plate and when said second fastener is positioned at least partially around the roll bar and through the pair of fifth openings of each said connector plate and the third fastener is positioned at least partially around the roll bar and through the pair of sixth openings of each said connector plate;
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- i) wherein the pair of connector plates couple the frame to the roll bar in the lowered position when the first fastener of one said connector plate is positioned in the first opening on the first longitudinal mounting plate and the first fastener of the other said connector plate is positioned in the second opening on the longitudinal mounting plate and when said second fastener is positioned at least partially around the roll bar and in the pair of fifth openings of each said connector plate and said third fastener is positioned at least partially around the roll bar and in the pair of sixth openings of each said connector plate.
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