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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2007
Takeshi Fukumoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuma Moriguchi, Osaka, JP;
Koji Kawakami, Osaka, JP;
Yanmar Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lawn mower is provided with a lawn mowing mechanism, a grass collection box receiving grass mowed by the lawn mowing mechanism, a lift mechanism for lifting the grass collection box high, and a rear lid plate structured such as to openably close an opening in the rear surface of the grass collection box wherein an improvement is achieved in the stability of a support at a time of lifting up the grass collection box high in the case of discharging the mowed grass in the grass collection box in a state of lifting up the grass collection box high, and also achieves a downsizing and a weight saving. A bottom portion of the grass collection box is opened, the opened bottom portion being operably closed by a bottom lid plate, and the mowed grass is discharged from the grass collection box by an opening actuation of the bottom lid plate and the rear lid plate.