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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1981
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
John J Hoch, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180 / ; 56 118 ;
Abstract
A lawn mower is provided with a control mechanism for a propel drive clutch. The control mechanism includes a deadman control lever which operates to hold a clutch-control lever in a clutch-engage position only when the deadman control lever is held in a lever-holding position. Upon release of the deadman control lever, the latter automatically moves to a lever-release position which permits the clutch-control lever to automatically move to a clutch-disengage position.