Deere + Company

Franklin Patrick Lewis

Paul Michael Elhardt

Curtis D Ayers

Thomas G Bartlett

Dimitri Nunez

Mohseen V Kazi

Michael David

Saravanan Deenadayalan

Brad Allen Hoffman

Damon C Green

William Barry Lambeth, Jr

Prasadkumar Bhangale

John W Wall

A stand on mower operator station includes a leaning pad having an upright position on a stand on mower, and a foot platform connected to the leaning pad. A dampening member allows the leaning pad and foot platform to move vertically together and absorbs shocks encountered by the stand on mower.

Stand on mower operator station

A return to neutral control mechanism for a zero turning radius mower is disclosed. The return to neutral control mechanism includes a pair of control levers pivotable between forward, neutral and reverse positions. A brake pedal is moveable between a disengaged position to an engaged position. In response to engagement of the brake pedal, a control pivot attached to each control lever moves each control lever to the neutral position. The return to neutral control mechanism may include a cam that rotates in response to engagement of the brake pedal, and a control pivot that follows the cam during engagement of the brake pedal.

Return to neutral control mechanism for zero turning radius mower

A mower deck lift system includes a transport lock for locking the mower deck in a transport position, a height of cut control knob connected to a height of cut cam having a plurality of mower deck height settings, and a height of cut pawl movable to engage or disengage the height of cut cam at each mower deck height setting. A transport lock crank may be locked in a transport position preventing the height of cut pawl from engaging the height of cut cam, or unlocked to allow the height of cut pawl to engage the height of cut cam. A transport lock indicator integrated into the height of cut control knob is connected to the transport lock crank, and is movable with the transport lock crank between the transport position and an unlocked position.

Mower deck lift system with transport lock

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Fuquay-Varina, NC, United States of America

Franklin Patrick Lewis