Patents Examined by Ár{acute over (p)}ad Fab Kovács
  • Rear discharge mower
    Patent number: 6474054
    Abstract: A rear discharge mower includes a frame, a drive wheel having a drive axle and a mower deck supported by the frame. The mower also includes a discharge chute used in transporting cut vegetation from the mower deck to a grass bag. A drive system includes a transmission and is used in driving the drive wheel. The transmission is positioned in line with the drive axle. The inventive arrangement of this rear discharge mower provides for a direct chute having a large cross-sectional area and yet including transmission that is in line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: MTD Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Axel Schaedler, John Robertson