Mower packing, storage, and charging assembly
AssigneeMTD Products Inc
InventorsAxel Schaedler, Paul Luikart
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Abstract
A reusable case for packing, storing, transporting and/or charging an outdoor power equipment is discussed, along with outdoor power equipment configured to be stored within the case. One example embodiment comprises a case for storing outdoor power equipment, comprising: a top portion; and a bottom portion movably connected to the top portion, wherein the bottom portion has one or more openings to allow one or more wheels of an outdoor power equipment to protrude through the one or more openings; wherein the top portion and the bottom portion are configured to substantially enclose the outdoor power equipment in a closed configuration.
Claims16
A case for storing outdoor power equipment, comprising:
- a top portion;
- and
- a bottom portion movably connected to the top portion, wherein the bottom portion has one or more openings to allow one or more wheels of an outdoor power equipment to protrude through the one or more openings, wherein the bottom portion defines a first width that is larger than an exterior track width extending across outer edges of left and right wheels of the outdoor power equipment and defines a second width near the one or more wheels that is narrower than an interior track width extending between interior edges of the one or more wheels to define the one or more openings in the bottom portion;
- wherein the top portion and the bottom portion are configured to substantially enclose the outdoor power equipment in a closed configuration.
A case for storing outdoor power equipment, comprising:
- a top portion;
- and
- a bottom portion movably connected to the top portion, wherein the bottom portion has one or more openings to allow one or more wheels of an outdoor power equipment to protrude through the one or more openings;
- wherein the top portion and the bottom portion are configured to substantially enclose the outdoor power equipment in a closed configuration, and
- wherein the top portion comprises a top handle portion and the bottom portion comprises a bottom handle portion, wherein in the closed configuration, the top handle portion is configured to align with the bottom handle portion to form a handle.
A case for storing outdoor power equipment, comprising:
- a top portion;
- and
- a bottom portion movably connected to the top portion, wherein the bottom portion has one or more openings to allow one or more wheels of an outdoor power equipment to protrude through the one or more openings;
- wherein:
- the top portion and the bottom portion are configured to substantially enclose the outdoor power equipment in a closed configuration,
- the bottom portion comprises one or more clips configured to secure the outdoor power equipment in the case, and
- the bottom portion comprises one or more levers, wherein each lever of the one or more levers is coaxial with a clip of the one or more clips, and when depressed by the outdoor power equipment, the one or more levers are configured to apply a torque to the one or more clips to secure the outdoor power equipment in the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.