Disengagement mechanism for a walk behind mower

Abstract

A lawn mower () may include a blade housing (), an engine (), a mobility assembly (); and a drive system (). The engine () may be operably coupled to the blade housing () and configured to selectively rotate a drive shaft (). The mobility assembly () may include a first set of wheels () and be selectively operably coupled to the engine () to provide mobility of the lawn mower responsive at least in part to operation of the engine (). The drive system () may include a first transmission (), a flexible driving member (), a disengagement assembly (), and a remote actuator. The a disengagement assembly () may include a latching lever (), where the latching lever () is configured to switch the first transmission () between a disengaged mode and an engaged mode, and where the latching lever () is configured to move between a disengaged position corresponding to the disengaged mode and an engaged position corresponding to the engaged mode. The remote actuator may be operably coupled to the flexible driving member (), where responsive to actuation of the remote actuator, the flexible driving member () engages a) the latching lever () to move the latching lever () to the engaged position to thereby place the first transmission () in the engaged mode; and b) the first transmission () to provide drive power from the drive shaft () to the first set of wheels ().