Grass catching receptacle

A rear bagging receptacle for a power mower of the type having a bag support on a rear portion of a mower deck, the power mower also having a discharge chute with an exit that opens above and towards the rear of the mower deck and the power mower also having a handlebar frame extending upwardly and rearwardly from the mower deck to define a generally rectangular space behind the mower deck, the receptacle comprising:

• a collection bag having a rigid mouth which defines a top opening and which rests on the bag support and the handlebar frame, the collection bag having a flexible body hanging downwardly from the rigid mouth in the generally rectangular space behind the mower deck, and the rigid mouth having a portion running just underneath the discharge chute exit so that matter discharged therefrom can fall into the body of the collection bag;
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• a stiff lid having an intake channel extending to its front to meet the discharge chute of the mower and means at a rear end of the lid for clip-on, pivotable attachment to the handlebar frame independent of the collection bag, so that the lid can be lifted upwardly from a position resting on the collection bag to uncover the top opening in the collection bag, and so that the lid and collection bag can be removed from the power mower independently of one another.

A flip-top lid for covering a top opening of a collection bag that is mounted between two laterally spaced legs of a handlebar frame extending rearwardly from a power mower, wherein the power mower has an open-ended discharge chute extending at least to a front edge of the collection bag, and wherein the handlebar frame has a crossbar located behind the collection bag, and wherein the flip-top lid comprises:

• a recessed, stiff member extending forwardly and laterally to cover the top opening of the collection bag and having an inlet at a front end to meet and communicate with the open end of the discharge chute;
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• lid attachment means positioned at a rear end of the rigid member for clip-on pivotable mounting of the lid on the crossbar to pivot between a forward position where the lid rests on the collection bag and completes an enclosure around the open end of the discharge chute and a rearward position where the lid is disposed above the crossbar to allow access to the interior of the collection bag.

A collection bag for a power mower of the type having a handlebar frame with two laterally spaced legs extending upwardly and rearwardly from a mower deck and with a crossbar extending across the space between the two legs, and of the type having a bag support at a rear end of the mower deck, the collection bag having an upwardly opening mouth, the collection bag having a body that is formed at least in part by a flexible fabric, the collection bag having a rigid bag frame running around and defining the mouth, the bag frame being laterally wider than the space between the legs of the handlebar frame but shorter from front to back than the distance from the bag support to the crossbar, and the collection bag having means at its front that hangs on and over the bag support to prevent shifting to the front and back, so that the bag can be positioned for grass catching operation on the bag support and the two legs of the handlebar frame while leaving the crossbar free of bag-supporting apparatus.