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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Frank H. Hancock, Jackson, GA (US);
Stephen C. Price, Barnesville, GA (US);
Inventors:
Frank H. Hancock, Jackson, GA (US);
Stephen C. Price, Barnesville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Briggs and Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 75/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One or more elongate barriers are provided that are movably (in one configuration pivotably) mounted proximate the outside of a grass cutting deck. When one of the barriers encounters a foreign object in a certain manner, the barrier moves towards its 'tripped' position, thus causing a corresponding change to the operating characteristic of the lawn mover, be it a termination of the cutting process, the mower drive process, or both. The barriers can be used with electric or mechanical control elements.