Brush attachment for golf course greens mower
AssigneeTG Group, LLC
InventorsJeffrey S. Connell, Lawrence E. Thompson
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Abstract
A brush attachment for a golf course greens mower includes a frame that supports a golf greens brush on the distal end and is pivotally attached to the same axle as the cutter heads and grass clippings buckets so that the brush is lifted with them. In addition, it has a lifting latch that allows the brush to be secured in an elevated position when the mower is stored and the cutter head is not elevated.
Claims15
A greens brush assembly for use with a golf course greens mower, said greens mower having a cutter head frame and means for lowering said cutter head frame to a grass-engaging position and elevating said cutter head frame from said grass-engaging position, said greens brush assembly comprising:
- a lever arm having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end being adapted to pivotally attach to a greens mower;
- a framework attached to said distal end of said lever arm;
- a greens brush attached to said framework;
- at least one boom having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end being attached to said cutter head frame carried by said mower and said distal end extending over and forward of said cutter head frame and spaced apart therefrom so that said cutter head frame lifts said at least one boom when said cutter head frame is lifted and lowers said at least one boom when said cutter head frame is lowered;
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- means for connecting said distal end of said at least one boom to said framework so that, when said at least one boom is elevated, said framework and said greens brush are elevated, and, when said at least one boom is lowered, said framework is lowered and said greens brush is brought to said grass-engaging position.
A greens mower, comprising:
- a frame including a mower frame and a cutter head frame, said cutter head frame being pivotally attached to said mower frame;
- an engine carried by said mower frame;
- wheels in operative connection with said engine and supporting said mower frame;
- a cutter head carried by said cutter head frame and pivotal with said cutter head frame;
- means for pivoting said cutter head frame with respect to said mower frame;
- a lever arm having a proximal end pivotally attached to said mower frame and an opposing distal end;
- a boom having a proximal end attached to said cutter head frame and an opposing distal end extending over and beyond said cutter head;
- a framework attached to said distal end of said lever arm;
- a greens brush carried by said framework;
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- means connecting said distal end of said boom to said framework for lifting said framework and said greens brush from a lowered, grass-engaging position to an elevated position, said lifting means coupling brush said distal ends of said boom to said framework so that when said boom is lifted by said cutter head frame, said framework with said greens brush is lifted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.