Patent ID: 9693501
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A mower comprising: a) a frame having a rear and a front; b) a mower deck having a rear and a front; and c) a deck height adjustment mechanism joining the deck with the frame and cooperating with the frame and the deck to vary the cutting height of the deck relative to the frame; and wherein (d) the height adjustment assembly comprises first and second linkages pivotally and medially joined together at a pivot; the first linkage having a first end connected to the deck near the rear of the mower deck and a second end pivotally connected to the frame near the front of the frame; the second linkage having a first end connected to the mower deck near the front of the mower deck and a second end that is free from attachment to the frame but which is sized, shaped, and located so as to slide along the frame during height adjustment in a cutting configuration and so as to freely disengage from the frame when in a maintenance mode.