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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Steven Henry Buss, Horicon, WI (US);
Ronald Paul Holland, Fox Lake, WI (US);
Dean William Benter, Horicon, WI (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A fastening assembly is adapted for attaching a composite insert to a mower deck. The insert has an opening extending therethrough and a recessed portion adjacent the opening. The recessed portion has a shoulder and a first abutment surface. The assembly includes a spacer receivable in the recessed portion adjacent the shoulder. The spacer has a passage therethrough alignable with the opening in the insert, the passage having a second abutment surface. The spacer also has an outer periphery, a portion of which forms a third abutment surface alignable with the first abutment surface for non-rotatable engagement therewith. The assembly also includes a fastening member which has a head and a shank. The shank includes a threaded portion and a further portion adjacent to the head. The further portion has a fourth abutment surface engagable with the second abutment surface whereby the fastening member is non-rotatably receivable within the spacer passage and the insert opening.