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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rex R. Bergsten, Burnsville, MN (US);
Michael N. Zenner, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Toro Company, Minneapolis, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 3/466 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 3/466 ;
Abstract
A rotary cutting deck for a mower includes a cutting deck supported by wheels at three of the four corners of the deck. The other corner of the cutting deck, namely a corner of the deck that is close to the mower, is supported by a corner suspension that lifts upwardly with a biasing force sufficient to elevate that corner of the deck above the ground. This corner suspension takes the place of the caster wheel that would normally support this corner of the deck, and thus permits the deck to be moved closer to the side of the mower, thus reducing overall mower width without decreasing the width of the cutting swath.