Riding lawn mower
AssigneeAtaco Steel Products Corp.
InventorThomas J. George
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Abstract
A riding lawn mower having an adjustable cutting width has at least one front wheel, a plurality of rear wheels, a frame extending from the at least one front wheel to the plurality of rear wheels and a plurality of cutting decks, each cutting deck comprising a cutting blade. A motor is supported by the frame and configured to drive the cutting blades of the cutting decks. A support configured to couple the cutting decks to the frame. The support is configured to extend at least one of the cutting decks laterally from beneath the frame to adjust a cutting width provided by the blades.
Claims20
A riding lawn mower having an adjustable cutting width, comprising:
- at least one front wheel;
- a plurality of rear wheels;
- a frame extending from the at least one front wheel to the plurality of rear wheels;
- a plurality of cutting decks, each cutting deck comprising a cutting blade;
- a motor supported by the frame configured to drive the cutting blades of the cutting decks,
- a support configured to couple the cutting decks to the frame;
- and
- wherein the support is configured to extend at least one of the cutting decks laterally from beneath the frame to adjust a cutting width provided by the blades.
A riding lawn mower having an extended operating state and a collapsed storage state, comprising:
- at least one front wheel;
- a plurality of rear wheels;
- a frame extending from the at least one front wheel to the plurality of rear wheels;
- a motor supported by the frame;
- a battery supported by the frame;
- a seat comprising a seat bottom and a backrest;
- and
- a seat support configured to dispose the seat to a raised position in the extended operating state and to dispose the seat to a lowered position in the collapsed storage state, wherein the riding lawn mower has a vertical height from a ground surface to an upper edge of the seat in the collapsed storage state of less than about 28 inches.
A riding lawn mower having an extended operating state and a collapsed storage state, comprising:
- at least one front wheel;
- a plurality of rear wheels;
- a frame extending from the at least one front wheel to the plurality of rear wheels;
- a motor supported by the frame;
- a battery supported by the frame;
- a seat comprising a seat bottom and a backrest;
- and
- a seat support configured to move the seat from a raised position in the extended operating state to a lowered position in the collapsed storage state, wherein the seat base is generally horizontal in the raised position and in the lowered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.