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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Green Industry Innovators, L.l.c., Louisville, OH (US);
Steffon L. Hoppel, Louisville, OH (US);
Green Industry Innovators, L.L.C., Louisville, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for raising or lowering a mower deck on a stand-on, zero-turn mower. The apparatus is a mower that includes a hydraulic cylinder and piston which are selectively engaged with a deck hanging assembly used to secure the mower deck to the mower's frame. The deck hanging assembly includes a pivot rod from which one or more tabs extend. The piston is selectively engaged with the one or more tabs. When extended from the cylinder, the piston rotates the tabs and thereby the pivot rod in a first direction and lowers the mower deck. When retracted into the cylinder the piston rotates the tabs and thereby the piston in a second direction and raises the mower deck. When the hydraulic system is disengaged from the mower deck, the deck may be manually raised or lowered.