Outboard Marine Corporation

Richard R Morse

Carl E Seyerle

Richard A Heismann

A lawn mower comprising a housing including a discharge chute, a door mounted on the housing for pivotal movement between a closed position preventing discharge from the chute of grass clippings and an open position permitting discharge from the chute of grass clippings, a spring biasing the door to the closed position, a grass clippings catcher including a relatively rigid frame defining, at least in part, a mouth, and a collector communicating with the mouth, and structures on the housing, on the door, and on the catcher for removably supporting the frame on the housing in a mounted position relative to the chute so as to enable receipt of grass clippings from the chute, for displacing the door to the open position in response to movement of the frame to the mounted position, for retaining the door in the open position during continued location of the frame in the mounted position, for releasably holding the frame in the mounted position, and for permitting displacement of the door to the closed position in response to movement of the frame from the mounted position.

Grass catcher mounting system

Disclosed herein is a grass catcher for a rotary lawn mower, which catcher comprises a frame including a first frame portion defining a mouth adapted to receive grass clippings from a lawn mower and a second frame portion extending from the first frame portion and defining an area removably coverable to facilitate clippings accumulation in and discharge from the catcher, and a bag on the frame including a pair of spaced side walls extending from the first and second frame portions, a rear wall located in spaced relation from the first frame portion, extending from the second frame portion and between and connected to the side walls, an additional wall extending from the first frame portion in opposing relation to the area, extending between and connected to the side walls, and connected to the rear wall, a cover extending from the mouth and being locatable in covering relation to the area, and an elastisized member for releasably retaining the cover in covering relation to the area.

Grass clipping catcher

A lawn mower comprises a chassis including a grass discharge outlet, and a grass collection bag having a main body portion in which two access openings are formed is removable attached to the chassis with one of the access openings connected to the grass discharge outlet. A first panel is attached to the other access opening and is movable between an open position which permits grass clippings accumulated in the bag to be removed or dumped through the access opening, and a closed position which blocks the access opening. Second and third panels are attached to the first panel and to the main body portion of the bag on opposite sides of the access opening and are foldable upon themselves in response to movement of the first panel toward its closed position for preventing the escape of grass clippings from the side edges of the opening when the first panel is in its closed position. A closure assembly is provided for securing the first panel in its closed, or sealed, position.

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Galesburg, IL, United States of America

Richard R Morse