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US 4,040,761 AGranted
Piggyback tractor powered roller
OwnerLeRoy W. Rahninventor
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A roller chassis including front and rear ends is provided and a rear horizontal transverse roller is journalled from the rear end of the chassis. A front roller support is dependingly supported from the front end of the chassis for oscillation about a vertical axis and a front horizontal roller is journalled from the roller support. The chassis includes opposite side longitudinally extending wheel ramp portions projecting forwardly from the rear roller and which are adapted to support the front wheels of a lawn tractor driven forwardly therealong. The chassis includes a rear portion for anchoring the rear end of a lawn tractor to the roller chassis with the rear driving wheels of the lawn tractor supported from and disposed in driving frictional engagement with the upper peripheral portion of the rear horizontal roller of the chassis. In addition, the front roller support includes an upstanding steering shaft including a generally horizontal and rearwardly projecting steering tiller arm spaced above the chassis a sufficient distance to receive therebeneath the forward end of a lawn tractor having its front wheels support from the ramp portions.
In combination, a roller chassis including front and rear ends, a rear horizontal transverse roller journalled from the rear end of said chassis, a front roller support dependingly supported from the front end of said chassis for oscillation about a vertical axis, a front horizontal roller journalled from said roller support, said chassis including opposite side longitudinally extending wheel ramp portions projecting forwardly from said rear roller adapted to support the front wheels of a lawn tractor rolled forwardly therealong, said chassis including a rear portion adapted to have one portion of tractor anchoring structure anchored thereto, said front roller support including a central upwardly projecting steering shaft including a generally horizontal rearwardly projecting steering tiller arm spaced above said chassis sufficiently to receive therebeneath the forward end of a lawn tractor having its front wheels supported from said wheel ramp portions, said tiller arm projecting rearwardly from said steering shaft a distance sufficient to extend to the operator's position of said lawn tractor.
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