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US 9,963,065 B2Granted
Zero turn mower light system
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJordan D. Otto, Amber Resch, Eric M. Forbes, Kyle T. Ressler
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Abstract
A zero turn mower light system includes a pair of light assemblies, each light assembly mounted to a motion control lever. Each light assembly moves fore and aft with a motion control lever during a ZTR mower turn such that one light assembly directs a light beam into the direction of a ZTR mower turn before the other light assembly. Each light assembly may include a light housing and a mounting pad between the light housing and the motion control lever.
Claims10
A zero turn mower light system, comprising:
- a first motion control lever and a second motion control lever, each lever linked to a hydrostatic transmission that rotates a rear drive wheel at a velocity corresponding to the fore and aft position of the lever;
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- a pair of light assemblies, each light assembly mounted to one of the motion control levers, each light assembly moving fore and aft with the motion control lever independent of the other light assembly and motion control lever, whereby the first motion control lever may be pivoted ahead of the second motion control lever to direct a light beam from the light assembly on the first motion control lever toward the direction of a turn before a light beam from the light assembly on the second motion control lever.
A zero turn mower light system, comprising:
- a pair of light assemblies, each light assembly attached to a motion control lever and moving fore and aft with the motion control lever during a ZTR mower turn such that one light assembly directs a light beam into the direction of a ZTR mower turn before the other light assembly;
- each light assembly including a light housing and a mounting pad between the light housing and the motion control lever.
A zero turn mower light system, comprising:
- a pair of light assemblies mounted to a pair of motion control levers at positions between a grip and a base of each motion control lever;
- each light assembly pivoting with the motion control lever during turns of a zero turn mower independently of the other light assembly whereby one light assembly directs a light beam into each turn before the other light assembly;
- each light assembly having a light housing, a mounting pad, and a wiring harness extending from each light housing through the mounting pad and down the motion control lever to an electrical system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.