Patent ID: 9622410
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A material collection parking system, comprising: a hopper removably attached to a lawn tractor having an operator seat and a rear discharge chute; the hopper engageable to the lawn tractor by backing up the lawn tractor without raising the hopper; a pair of masts removably attached to the lawn tractor behind and not extending above a top of the operator seat; a pair of boom arms supporting the hopper, each boom arm pivotably attached to one of the masts at a vertical position below the top of the operator seat; a lift cylinder having a forward end attached to each mast below the boom arm and extending rearwardly and downwardly to a rearward end attached to one of the boom arms; and a pair of rear support legs and a pair of front support legs, each of the legs being independently moveable between a stowed position on the hopper and a deployed position supporting the hopper above the ground surface.