Mower for cutting under fences and around fence posts
AssigneeH-Tide Innovations, Inc.
InventorTroy Ward
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Abstract
A mower suitable for attachment to a utility vehicle and adapted to follow terrain and retract in response to an immovable obstacle, the mower generally including an attachment frame configured to be pivotally attached to the utility vehicle, a secondary frame pivotally connected to the attachment frame, and a housing positioned adjacent to the secondary frame and being laterally movable with respect to the secondary frame, wherein the housing retracts in a direction toward the secondary frame when contact occurs between the housing and the immovable obstacle and automatically returns to an approximate pre-contact position when contact between the housing and the immovable obstacle is eliminated.
Claims16
A mower suitable for attachment to a utility vehicle and adapted to follow terrain and retract in response to an immovable obstacle, the mower comprising:
- an attachment frame configured to be pivotally attached to the utility vehicle, the attachment frame having a first frame member, two spaced-apart second frame members oriented perpendicular to the first frame member, and a first wheel support positioned perpendicular to the two spaced-apart second frame members;
- a secondary frame pivotally connected to the attachment frame, said secondary frame having a wheel rotatably connected thereto;
- a cutting blade assembly having a housing positioned adjacent to the secondary frame, the housing being laterally movable with respect to the secondary frame;
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- wherein the housing retracts in a direction toward the secondary frame when contact occurs between the housing and the immovable obstacle, and automatically returns to an approximate pre-contact position when contact between the housing and the immovable obstacle is eliminated.
A mower adapted to follow terrain and retract in response to an immovable obstacle, the mower comprising:
- a utility vehicle;
- an attachment frame configured to be pivotally attached to one side of the utility vehicle, the attachment frame having a first frame member, two spaced-apart second frame members oriented perpendicular to the first frame member, and a first wheel support positioned perpendicular to the two spaced-apart second frame members;
- a secondary frame pivotally connected to the attachment frame, said secondary frame having a wheel rotatably connected thereto;
- a cutting blade assembly having a housing positioned adjacent to the secondary frame, the housing being laterally movable with respect to the secondary frame;
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- means for biasing the housing laterally away from the secondary frame, wherein the housing retracts in a direction toward the secondary frame when contact occurs between the housing and the immovable obstacle and automatically returns to a pre-contact position when contact between the housing and the immovable obstacle is eliminated.
A mower suitable for attachment to a utility vehicle and adapted to follow terrain and retract in response to an immovable obstacle, the mower comprising:
- an attachment frame configured to be pivotally attached to the utility vehicle;
- a secondary frame pivotally connected to the attachment frame, wherein the secondary frame comprises two spaced-apart C-shaped channel members and two channel bars individually connected to each of the two spaced-apart C-shaped channel members;
- a housing positioned adjacent to the secondary frame, the housing being laterally movable with respect to the secondary frame,
- wherein the housing retracts in a direction toward the secondary frame when contact occurs between the housing and the immovable obstacle, and automatically returns to an approximate pre-contact position when contact between the housing and the immovable obstacle is eliminated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.