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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Applicant:
The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN (US);
Inventors:
Chris A. Wadzinski, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
John O. Hurst, Lakeville, MN (US);
Khari S. Clarke, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John T. Gill, Savage, MN (US);
Ryan M. Petersen, Shoreview, MN (US);
Mark C. Daly, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
THE TORO COMPANY, Bloomington, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/835 (2006.01); A01D 34/81 (2006.01); A01D 34/82 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 34/824 (2013.01); A01D 34/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A grounds maintenance apparatus such as a lawn mower adapted for movement from a horizontal operating orientation to a vertical storage orientation. Embodiments of the apparatus provide supplemental storage wheels adapted to permit rolling of the apparatus over a ground surface while in the vertical storage orientation.