Patent ID: 9699963
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A mulch kit control lever, comprising: a detent plate attached to a top surface of a mower deck, the detent plate having a first stop and a second stop; a vertically oriented pivot pin extending through the detent plate and through the mower deck and engaging a mulch gate; a handle having a first end and a second end and an intermediate portion engaging the pivot pin and pivoting to move the mulch gate between a side discharge position and a mulching position; a detent pin on the first end of the handle abutting the first stop on the detent plate in the side discharge position and the second stop on the detent plate in the mulching position; and a coil spring around the pivot pin biasing the detent pin down against one of the first stop and the second stop of the detent plate, the coil spring compressible by pushing down the second end of the handle to move the detent pin off the detent plate.