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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark Nier, Chilton, WI (US);
Ronald L. Reichen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 26/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/006 (2013.01); A01D 34/664 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Commercial walk behind mower operator controls include a rigid handlebar with a pair of hand grips, each hand grip having a non-horizontal axis. A pair of operator control levers are mounted adjacent the handlebar and hand grips. Both operator control levers are pivotable about a single pivot point having a pivot axis that is non-parallel to the axis of each hand grip. Each operator control lever is pivotable toward the hand grip to reduce the rotational speed of a drive wheel.