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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2020
Applicant:
Excel Industries, Inc., Hesston, KS (US);
Inventors:
Brian L. Nebel, Hesston, KS (US);
Thomas J. Gaeddert, Hesston, KS (US);
Philip Lowell Hochstetler, Goshen, IN (US);
Assignee:
Excel Industries, Inc., Hesston, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/81 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01B 73/04 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01); A01D 75/30 (2006.01); A01D 34/82 (2006.01); A01D 34/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/81 (2013.01); A01B 73/044 (2013.01); A01D 34/66 (2013.01); A01D 34/824 (2013.01); A01D 75/306 (2013.01); A01D 2034/645 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mower with one or more wing decks that includes one or more manual lifting mechanisms for the one or more wing decks. The manual lifting mechanism may shift between retracted and extended positions, where in the extended position a handle can be positioned further away from the wing deck. When the handle is in the extended position, a user can manually engage the handle and lift the wing deck from a lowered configuration to a raised configuration, using less force than would be required if the handle was in the retracted configuration.