Patent ID: 6359344
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: A01D,F02B,H02K

Abstract:
A portable implement for providing a source of electrical energy, said implement having an electric generator with a drive shaft rotatable about a shaft axis and at least one set of electrical output leads, a support housing with a lower ground engaging base, an upper support plate with a central access opening, a bracket in said housing to mount said generator with said shaft axis extending generally vertically through said access opening, a platform on said housing to fixedly attach a standard gasoline driven lawn mower with a cutter blade rotatable about a blade axis onto said housing with said blade axis extending generally parallel to and generally aligned with said shaft axis and a universal shaft coupling carried by said drive shaft and extending through said access opening, said coupling having a lower section connected to said drive shaft for rotation about said shaft axis and an upper section with a nest to receive said cutter blade for rotation of said upper section about said blade axis.