Patent ID: 9408344
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: A01B,A01D,B62D

Claim Text:
1. A mowing vehicle comprising: a vehicle frame having a longitudinal centerline; a steering mechanism supported by the vehicle frame; a first steered front wheel engaged to the steering mechanism and a second steered front wheel engaged to the steering mechanism; a first wheel motor engaged to and powering the first steered front wheel, and a second wheel motor engaged to and powering the second steered front wheel; a rear axle supported by the vehicle frame rearward of the first and second steered front wheels, the rear axle having an axis; a single rear wheel mounted on the rear axle along the longitudinal centerline of the vehicle frame, the rear wheel having a first side and a second side; and a first cutting blade disposed below the vehicle frame and adjacent the first side of the rear wheel, and a second cutting blade disposed below the vehicle frame and adjacent the second side of the rear wheel, whereby the axis of the rear axle intersects both the first cutting blade and the second cutting blade; wherein the first and second steered front wheels are steerable to turn the vehicle such that when the vehicle is turned in either a first direction or a second direction, a vehicle turning center point is in line with the axis of the rear axle and adjacent to the one of the first cutting blade or the second cutting blade.