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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1986
Takao Katayama, Sennan, JP;
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A grass collection bag suited for use with a walking operator type lawn mower having a cutting blade and a steering handle extending rearwardly, which grass collection bag is removably attached to the steering handle to extend in a fore-and-aft direction of the lawn mower. The grass collection bag comprises a tubular main body portion defining a grass inlet at a forward end thereof and a grass outlet at a rear end thereof, and a lid member attached to the main body portion to be vertically swingable about an axis adjacent a lower rear edge of the main body portion for opening and closing the grass outlet. The main body portion includes a first engagement member extending along an upper rear edge thereof, and the lid member includes a second engagement member extending along a free end edge thereof. One of the first and second engagement members defines a slit which is vertically directed when in an engaged position, and the other defines a projection engageable with the slit.