Commercial lawn mower outlet cover

A commercial lawn mower deck combined with an outlet cover for covering a grass outlet opening to permit mulching of grass and/or leaves;

• the outlet cover comprising:
• a cover plate being rectangular and having a length and width sufficient to cover the grass outlet opening in the deck of a commercial lawn mower;
• a bracket structure being configured to removably connect said cover plate to a deck flange positioned above the grass outlet opening and projecting vertically from the deck of the commercial lawn mower;
• said bracket structure being L-shaped and comprising a plate portion having a height and a length sufficient to cover a substantial portion of the deck flange;
• said bracket structure comprising a connecting leg disposed essentially perpendicular to both of said plate portion and said cover plate;
• and to connect both;
• said connecting leg having a width sufficient to space said cover plate and said plate portion apart from one another to create a receiving space sufficient to receive the deck flange therein;
• said connecting leg is configured and disposed to rest on a top edge of the deck flange upon installation;
• said bracket structure having a length such that sides of said bracket structure are positioned close or immediately adjacent to a pair of discharge chute mounting posts behind the deck flange and projecting vertically from the deck of the commercial lawn mower such that the discharge chute mounting posts resist sliding movement of the commercial lawn mower outlet cover on the deck flange;
• said height of said bracket structure being sufficient to maintain engagement with the deck flange upon unintentional slight or moderate vertical displacement of the commercial lawn mower outlet cover by impact with outdoor objects or jostling due to vibrational forces;
• and
• said bracket structure is configured and disposed to freely suspend said cover plate from the deck flange such that said cover plate is easily lowered or dropped downwardly into a blocking position to cover the grass outlet opening to permit mulching of grass and/or leaves and is easily lifted upwardly and off of the deck flange to permit ejecting of cut grass and/or leaves out of the grass outlet opening.