Patent ID: 8454032
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: A01D,B62D

Abstract:
1. A sulky for attachment to a self-propelled lawn mower having a front end, a rear end, a left side, a right side, a pair of front wheels situated at the front end and a pair of rear wheels situated at the rear end, comprising: an operator platform having a proximal end and a distal end; a pair of sulky arms fixedly secured to the operator platform; a pair of caster wheels, the pair of caster wheels each having a front, a middle, and a rear, the middle equally positioned between the front and the rear; a hitch bar having a proximal end and a distal end and a pair of opposed hinge arms; a first hinge means for releaseably attaching the proximal end of the operator platform to the distal end of the hitch bar and permitting the operator platform to pivot about a first axis of rotation in relation to the hitch bar; a second hinge means for releaseably attaching one of the opposed hinge arms at the proximal end of the hitch bar to the left side of the self-propelled lawn mower and the other of the opposed hinge arms at the proximal end of the hitch bar to the right side of the self-propelled lawn mower, the second hinge means positioned adjacent to each of the rear wheels, the second hinge means permitting the hitch bar to pivot about a second axis of rotation in relation to both the left and right side of the self-propelled lawn mower and adjacent to the pair of rear wheels; a third hinge means for attaching the caster wheels to the sulky arms, the middle of the caster wheels situated in substantial alignment with the distal end of the operator platform, the third hinge means permitting the caster wheels to pivot about a third axis of rotation in relation to the sulky arms; and wherein the first axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation, and the third axis of rotation are each different than one another.