Riding lawn mower leaf rake

An apparatus for raking leaves by attachment to a tractor chassis of a conventional lawn tractor, said apparatus comprising:

• a leaf rake, said leaf rake being comprised of a left panel, a center panel, and a right panel made of sheets of steel plating assembled together so that said left panel and said right panel are swept forward in relation to said center panel to form a U shape;
• an attachment means, said attachment means for attaching said leaf rake to said lawn tractor;
• a tine bar, said tine bar located along a bottom edge of said leaf rake attached via a plurality of apertures located along the bottom edge of said leaf rake and a plurality of bolts and nuts;
• a plurality of tines, said plurality of tines supported by said tine bar wherein each of said plurality of tines has an aperture formed therein to attach it to said tine bar;
• a wheel carriage, said wheel carriage being inserted into a cavity located in a bottom comer of said left panel and said right panel to support said leaf rake as it moves over the ground preventing said tines from touching and digging in to the earth, wherein said wheel carriage is further comprised of:
• a triangular shaped body;
• a shaft, said shaft protruding upwardly from the center of an upper surface of said triangular shaped body;
• a pair of axles, said pair of axles extending sidewardly from said triangular shaped body;
• a pair of wheels, wherein each wheel from said pair of wheels is received by one axle from said pair of axles;
• and
• wherein said shaft is inserted and locked into said cavity of said bottom corner of said left panel and said right panel via a locking means. and said wheel carriage is free to pivot about said shaft.