Patent ID: 9554514
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A01D

Claim:
1. A rotary cutter implement for a power machine, the implement comprising: a carrier interface that is couplable to the power machine; a mower assembly including a mower deck having a generally horizontal top surface; a frame pivotably mounted to the carrier interface about a frame pivot axis; a pivoting joint interconnecting the mower deck with the frame and enabling freedom of movement of the mower deck about a plurality of axes with respect to the frame at the pivoting joint, wherein the mower deck is otherwise unattached to the frame and wherein the pivoting joint is formed over the mower deck with a first portion of the pivoting joint being fixed on the frame and a second portion of the pivoting joint being fixed on the mower deck; a tower extending from the mower deck, the tower being configured to engage the frame when the mower deck pivots about the pivoting joint; an actuator mounted to the top surface of the mower deck and including an output shaft; and a rotary cutting blade operably coupled to the actuator and rotatable under the top surface of the mower deck in response to operation of the actuator, wherein engagement between the mower assembly and an inclined surface induces pivoting of the frame about the frame pivot axis.