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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2000
Hiroaki Shimizu, Itami, JP;
Norihiro Ishii, Itami, JP;
Koji Irikura, Kobe, JP;
Robert Abend, Morristown, TN (US);
Travis McCloud, Morristown, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention provides a riding lawn mower comprising: two pairs of ground engaging wheels and disposed at front and rear portions of a vehicle frame ; a cutter blade supported by the vehicle frame ; a drive source mounted on the vehicle frame and having an output shaft extending downwardly; a transmission including i) a casing ; ii) an input shaft substantially vertically supported by the casing , and iii) a pair of axles extending substantially horizontally in opposite directions, the pair of axles supporting each one of the two pairs of ground engaging wheels, the transmission being arranged below the drive source and having the input shaft coupled substantially coaxially with the output shaft of the drive source non-rotatably relative thereto; and power transmitting members and for the cutter blade , the power transmitting members and being provided to rotate with the output shaft