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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Stephen Thatcher, Humeston, IA (US);
Scott A. Shick, Corydon, IA (US);
Stephen Thatcher, Humeston, IA (US);
Scott A. Shick, Corydon, IA (US);
Shivvers Group, Inc., Corydon, IA (US);
Abstract
A mower deck assembly which essentially 'flips up' or raises from a mowing configuration to an access configuration with minimal manipulation of controls and manual lifting. A deck is connected to a frame by a parallelogram suspension which includes front and rear support arms. A rear of the deck removably connects through a height adjustment mechanism that includes the hook and capture device selectively allows the rear of the deck to swing freely so that when the mower is in a non mowing configuration. The deck has mounted thereon a plurality of pulleys, including blade pulleys connected by a single drive belt and driven by a single motor. One of the pulleys is a tension pulley that can be manipulated to disengage the pulley system. The front of the suspension includes a fine height adjustment mechanism.