Adjustable lawn mower handle mount
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorDavid J. Carter
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Abstract
A lawn mower with a frame, a motor, a handle pivotably connected to the frame, a handle adjustment bracket and a fastener assembly. The bracket has a first end pivotably connected to the frame and a second end adjustably connected to the handle by the fastener assembly. The bracket has a slot and recessed seats along the slot.
Claims15
A lawn mower having a frame, a motor mounted on the frame, and a handle movably connected to the frame, the lawn mower further comprising:
- a handle adjustment bracket having a first end pivotably connected to the frame and a second end, the second end having a slot therethrough with multiple recessed seats along the slot, the recessed seats not passing completely through the bracket;
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- a fastener assembly extending through the handle and through the slot in the bracket to connect the second end of the bracket to the handle, the fastener assembly having a first fastener with a head located in one of the seats to stationarily fix the head relative to the bracket and thereby stationarily fix the handle on the bracket.
In a lawn mower having a frame, a motor, and a handle pivotably connected to the frame, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a handle adjustment bracket connected between the frame and the handle, the bracket comprising a one-piece member with a slot therethrough and a set of recessed seats along and intersecting the slot, wherein the slot interconnects the recessed seats and the set of recessed seats do not pass completely through the handle adjustment bracket.
In a lawn mower having a frame, a motor, and a handle pivotably connected to the frame, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a handle adjustment bracket connected between the frame and the handle, the bracket comprising a one-piece member with a slot therethrough and recessed seats along and intersecting the slot, wherein the slot interconnects the recessed seats;
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- wherein a second side of the bracket is deformed outward to form a spacer for the bracket.
In a lawn mower having a frame, a motor, a handle pivotably connected to the frame, and a handle adjustment bracket connected between the frame and the handle by a fastener at a connection, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the connection of the bracket to the handle with the fastener having means for loosening the fastener and adjusting the relative position of the handle and bracket without removing the fastener from the connection, wherein the means for loosening and adjusting includes a slot in the bracket and recessed seats along the slot with the recessed seats not passing completely through the handle adjustment bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.