Patent ID: 9474196
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A01B

Claim Text:
1. Turf aerator comprising, in combination: a chassis including front and back plates, with the chassis being movably supported on turf adjacent to the front plate of the chassis; a handlebar extending from the chassis in a direction away from the front plate; a motor mounted on the chassis adjacent to the front plate; a tine assembly rotatably mounted to the chassis about a tine axis adjacent to the back plate, with the tine assembly being driven by the motor; first and second arms having first and second ends, with the first ends of the first and second arms pivotally mounted about an arm axis to the chassis intermediate the front plate and the tine axis; first and second transport wheels rotatably mounted about wheel axes to the second ends of the first and second arms, with the wheel axes being spaced from the arm axis; a stop plate pivotally mounted to the chassis about a stop axis parallel to and spaced from the arm, wheel and tine axes, with the stop plate including a stop connected thereto and moveable therewith; and an abutment bar pivotally mounted to one of the first and second arms about a lower axis parallel to, spaced from, and intermediate the arm and wheel axes, with the abutment bar being pivotally mounted to the stop plate about an upper axis parallel to, spaced from and intermediate the stop and lower axes; wherein the stop plate is pivotal between a transport position and an operational position, with the upper axis located intermediate a plane extending through the stop and lower axes and the wheel axes in the transport position, with the plane located intermediate the upper axis and the wheel axes in the operational position, with the stop abutting the abutment bar in the operational position and being spaced from the abutment bar in the transport position.