Patent ID: 6375201
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B60D,B62D

Abstract:
A sulky for attachment to a self-propelled lawn mower, comprising:a hitch arm having a proximal end and a distal end, a vertical pivot hollow tube adjacent to the distal end; a vertical pin; an operator platform, the operator platform having a first surface, a second surface, a front end, and a back end, the front end further defining a front end height, the first surface and the second surface for supporting a standing operator; a wheel disposed between the first surface and the second and the surface of the operator platform; and a clevis having a top support member, a side support member, and a bottom support member, the top support member and the bottom support member each affixed perpendicularly to the side support member, the side support member further defining a height substantially equal to the front end height of the front end of the operator platform and having a surface facing the front end of the operator platform, the side support member permanently affixed along the surface facing the front end of the operator platform for preventing the clevis from any movement in relation to the operator platform, the top support member and bottom support member each further having a vertical pivot pin insertion point; whereby the operator platform is rotatably affixed to the hitch arm by sliding the clevis top support member and bottom support member over the vertical pivot hollow tube and inserting the vertical pivot pin through the top support member vertical pivot pin insertion point, the vertical pivot hollow tube, and the bottom support member vertical pivot pin insertion point.