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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Kazuo Samejima, Kaizuka, JP;
Yoshikazu Togoshi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Esaki, Sakai, JP;
Hironori Tsuchihashi, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawahara, Sakai, JP;
Osami Fujiwara, Kishiwada, JP;
Teruo Shimamura, Nishinomiya, JP;
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mid-mount type lawn tractor having idle wheels disposed at one end in a fore and aft direction of a vehicle body, drive wheels disposed at the other end in the fore and aft direction of the vehicle body, a mower unit connected to the vehicle body between the idle wheels and drive wheels. The lawn tractor includes a wheel support frame supporting the idle wheels and pivotably connected to the vehicle body. A pivotal movement of the wheel support frame relative to the vehicle body displaces the idle wheels relative to the vehicle body, to produce a running posture or a jack-up posture lifting at least part of the vehicle body. The pivotal movement of the wheel support frame is caused by a jack device.