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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Jeffrey Paul Chenevert, Apex, NC (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Paul Chenevert, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A convertible mower deck has a plurality of adjoining cutting chambers under a mower deck, each cutting chamber having a cutting blade mounted to the lower end of a vertical spindle. The deck includes openings between adjoining cutting chambers, and gates or baffles under the deck in the openings between adjoining cutting chambers. The gates or baffles include pairs of plates that pivot on vertical axes, and interlock together when moved in the mulching position.