Abstract: A safety switch mechanism mounted on the handle of a power driven appliance such as a snow-thrower, lawn mower, garden tiller and the like having a motor or engine mounted thereon, the operator walking behind the appliance for holding a backwardly extending handle, the switch mechanism being adapted to short out or ground the electrical circuit of the motor or engine, or alternatively to open the contacts of a solenoid connected in series with the energizing circuit of an electric motor so as to stop the operation of the same upon the operator discontinuing to grasp the switch mechanism on the handle. This is an abstract only of the specific illustration of the invention given by way of example and is not to be used in the interpretation of the claims nor as a limitation on the scope of the invention.

Abstract: A safety switch mechanism mounted on the handle of a power driven appliance such as a snow-thrower, lawn mower, garden tiller and the like having a motor or engine mounted thereon, the operator walking behind the appliance for holding a backwardly extending handle, the switch mechanism being adapted to short out or ground the electrical circuit of the motor or engine, or alternatively to open the contacts of a solenoid connected in series with the energizing circuit of an electric motor so as to stop the operation of the same upon the operator discontinuing to grasp the switch mechanism on the handle. This is an abstract only of the specific illustration of the invention given by way of example and is not to be used in the interpretation of the claims nor as a limitation on the scope of the invention.

Abstract: An electrical grounding system for grounding the ignition system of an internal combustion engine on a tractor or the like to prevent the starting of the engine and to stop the engine when operating unless switches of the grounding system are so set by operating conditions and positions of parts of the tractor or the like. The grounding system is arranged so that unless switches in an electrical circuit of the grounding system are set or maintained in proper position by operations of the tractor or the like, (such as the clutch of a grass cutting unit carried by the tractor or the like, such as the clutch of the drive mechanism of the tractor or the like, such as by the occupancy or non-occupancy of the seat of the tractor or the like, or such as the connection or dis-connection of a grass catcher to the tractor or the like) the ignition system of the engine is grounded or short circuited and the engine is inoperative.