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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1981
James W Moore, Beaver Dam, WI (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A bagger attachment for a tractor has a bag frame that includes a pair of upright brackets fixed to the rear end of the tractor which support, for vertical sliding action, a pair of plates fixed to respective bag rims. There is provided, on the lawn mower, an upwardly and rearwardly projecting grass duct that has its upper discharge end positioned over the bag rims and which directs the grass clippings in a transverse direction. Flexible bags are provided on each of the rims and depend therefrom. A bagger lid receives the discharge end of the tube. The lid is mounted on an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the portion of the duct that extends through the opening in the lid so that as the lid is raised, the duct will slide through the opening. For discharging the bag, the rim may be raised to cause the horizontal plates to slide free of the vertical brackets. The lid has, at its lower edge, a rib that snaps under the respective rims and tends to rigidify the bag assembly, as well as to hold down the lid. The rib may be used to retain plastic liners that have their upper ends draped over the rims.