Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products, N.a., Inc.

Clint Lahey

Nicholas Brian Hansen

Matt Lambert

Lennie Dorrian Rhoades

A mower for cutting grass includes a platform with a motor located thereon. A door on the platform has a first position blocking a discharge and a second door position away from the discharge. A bag has an inlet that mates to a discharge. A support is connected to the platform and a door prop is movably mounted on the support. The door prop has a first position not in engagement with the door to permit the door to be in the first position and having a second position in which a segment of the door prop engages with the door to retain the door in the second position. A handle extends up from the platform. An operable member is mounted on the handle. A connector extends between the door prop and the operable member to transmit force to move the door prop.

Door prop in a lawn mower

A triggercontrol apparatus is provided for operating a transmissionof a self-propelled mowing machinevia a cablebetween a halt condition and an advancement condition. The triggercontrol apparatus includes a housing, and a plurality of independently operable triggersrotatably coupled to the housingfor movement between an engaged and a disengaged position. Each triggerincludes an operation member. A camis rotatably coupled to the housingabout a cam rotation axisand operatively coupled to the cable, wherein rotation of the camin a first direction relatively increases tension in the cable. An actuation memberis coupled to the cama distance from the cam rotation axis. Movement of at least one of the plurality of triggerstowards the engaged positioncauses a respective operation memberto engage the actuation memberto rotate the camin the first direction, whereby the transmissionis operated in the advancement condition.

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Mount Pleasant, SC, United States of America

Clint Lahey