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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:
Jul. 10, 1984
Filed:
May. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Herman P Christopherson, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Toro Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
56 105 ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
A rotary lawn mower (2) having an internal combustion engine (8) that includes a recoil starter (17) has a zone start system (20 or 40) for supporting the pull grip (19) of the starter (17) on the handle assembly (12) of the mower (2). Zone start system (20 or 40) each includes a bracket (22 or 52) for releasably securing the pull grip (19) to one handle tube (15) of the handle assembly (12). Pull grip (19) can be easily detached from the brackets (22 or 52) and moved to a non-interfering position such that a rear bagging attachment (10) can be easily removed from the lawn mower (2) for the dumping of grass clippings.