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US 4,785,613 AGranted
Grasscatcher bag fabric
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorWerner Rhode
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Abstract
A 3-bar Raschel warp knit fabric for use in grasscatcher bags which has an additional yarn knit in to provide a lower elongation yarn in the course direction to prevent the grasscatcher bag from dragging the ground as it is being filled.
Claims15
Apparatus to mow a lawn comprising:
- a lawn mower with a discharge outlet and a grasscatcher bag connected to said outlet, said grasscatcher bag being made of a warp knit fabric having a plurality of chain stitches interknit with a plurality of multiple needle lap stitches with adjacent wales connected to one another with a yarn having lower elongation characteristics than the other yarns in said fabric to reduce the elasticity of the fabric at low load conditions in the course direction of the fabric.
A grasscatcher bag for a lawn mower comprising:
- a 3-bar warp knit fabric formed into tubular form with the course direction extending around the diameter of the tube and the wale direction extending longitudinally of the tube, having a plurality of chain stitches interknit with a plurality of multiple needle lap stitches with adjacent wales connected to one another with a yarn having lower elongation characteristics than the other yarns in said fabric to reduce the elasticity of the fabric at low load conditions in the course direction of the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.