Abstract: An improved rotary lawn mower utilizing a novel cutting apparatus for increased safety. The cutting apparatus comprises a cutting wheel disposed within a blade cover, a protective housing releasably suspended by the blade cover beneath the cutting wheel, and a fan incorporated into the cutting wheel for drawing grass upwardly through slots in the protective housing and discharging the grass cuttings. The cutting wheel comprises a central hub for attachment to the drive shaft of the lawn mower engine, a plurality of radially-extending, horizontally-oriented rotary cutting blades, and a peripheral rim. A radial-flow fan is formed by the rim, and the cutting blades form an axial-flow fan, both of which produce an air flow which draws grass through the slots and discharges the cuttings through a discharge port of the blade cover.

Abstract: A foldable hand truck including an elongate telescopic central member and a pair of elongate legs pivotally connected to the lower end of the central member for swinging between positions extending either along and parallel to the central member or extending outwardly at a substantial angle therefrom. Elongate locking members are pivotally connected at one set of their ends to the legs and are slidable at their inner ends along the central member between positions spaced a considerable distance from the pivot connection for the legs, to permit collapsing of the legs, and a more closely spaced relationship with said pivot connections for the legs to lock the legs in their extended positions. Wheel assemblies are mounted on the legs and are swingable between stored positions closely adjacent the legs and operating positions extending outwardly therefrom.