Material collection bag
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJohn William Hopkins, Jeremy Douglas Leasure
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Abstract
A bagger with a pair of doors at its opening is provided for a walk-behind lawn mower. The bagger opening is provided with a rectangular metal framework with one door being swingably attached to each spaced-apart vertical leg of the framework. The bagger includes a rear handle for supporting its rear portion from the mower push handle and a front handle integrally formed as part of the framework. The front handle is slidably and removably receivable on a hook secured to the mower discharge chute for quick and easy installation and removal. The dual doors, which swing away from one another, facilitate easy insertion of the bagger opening and doors into or out of a refuse can or bag to permit disposal of clippings.
Claims9
A bagging assembly usable with a walk-behind lawn mower, the lawn mower having a chute with an opening through which clippings can be discharged, the assembly including a bag with an opening for receiving clippings from the chute, and a generally rigid framework attached to the bag and surrounding the opening,
- the framework including a cross member with laterally spaced apart and generally vertically extending legs operatively connected thereto;
- a pair of doors, one door being attached to each vertical leg for swinging movement about an axis extending through said leg, one door having an opening for receiving material propelled through the chute;
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- means for releasably securing the framework of the bag with the chute.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.