Commercial riding mower
OwnerRobert Fosterinventor
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Abstract
A commercial riding mower with a chassis built on a relatively rigid frame and having a number of operating systems such as the power plant, motive system, cutter drive system, and fuel storage and delivery system, each of which is accessible through a swing away panel, or hatch, for easy maintenance and repair without compromising safety of the operator or anyone in close proximity to the mower in operation, or impairing the structural integrity of the mower.
Claims7
In a commercial riding mower having a number of operating systems:
- a chassis, including a frame, drive wheels supporting said chassis for movement along a surface to be mowed, a first drive system for moving said drive wheels, a driver's seat secured to said chassis, and steering controls accessible to a drive seated in said driver's seat;
- a power plant on said chassis, a fuel storage and delivery system for supplying fuel to said power plant, said system including at least one storage tank, said chassis having wing panels, said tank being mounted within one of said wing panels, said wing panels flanking said driver's seat, said wing panels being hingeably mounted to said chassis and being selectably operable to swing laterally, with said tank, away from said chassis and said driver's seat to thereby permit maintenance and service of said fuel storage and delivery system.
In a commercial riding mower having a chassis, including a frame, drive wheels supporting said chassis for movement along surface to be mowed;
- a source of motive power in the form of a power plant;
- a driver's seat secured to said chassis and steering controls accessible to an operator in said driver's seat to steer the mower;
- said commercial riding mower additionally having an amalgam of operating systems within said chassis, each of said operating systems being disposed behind a panel on said chassis, said panels hingeable to said chassis to be selectively openable outwardly to service and maintain said operating systems, said panels being normally closed to protect inadvertent contact with said driving systems and maintaining structural integrity of the chassis;
- said operating systems including a fuel storage and delivery system, a drive system, a rotary cutter system, including a drive system therefor;
- said panels including a pair of wing panels, said fuel storage and delivery system mounted to and protectively disposed on the inside wall of said wing panels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.