Patent ID: 9021776
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A lawn mower comprising: a plurality of wheels; a frame supported by the wheels; an operator platform assembly coupled to the frame and configured to support an operator; a control tower extending vertically from the frame in front of the operator platform assembly, the control tower including controls within an operator zone, the operator zone being within reach of the operator of the lawn mower while standing on the operator platform assembly during use of the lawn mower; a mower drive assembly supported by the frame and driving rotation of at least one of the wheels to propel the lawn mower; a cutting deck assembly including a cutting deck and at least one rotatable cutting blade beneath the cutting deck, the rotatable cutting blade rotating under the influence of the mower drive assembly, a height of the cutting deck assembly corresponding to a height of cut at which the cutting blade cuts grass under the cutting deck; and a height of cut assembly including an adjustable height setting member providing a plurality of stop surfaces and a prop engageable with the height setting member, the height of cut assembly also including an adjustment mechanism that actuates the adjustable height setting member to place the prop in abutment with a selected one of a first stop surface and a second stop surface, the adjustment mechanism including wherein engagement of the prop with the first stop surface on the adjustable height setting member holds the cutting deck assembly at a first height corresponding to a first height of cut, and engagement of the prop with the second stop surface on the adjustable height setting member holds the cutting deck assembly at a second height corresponding to a second height of cut different from the first height of cut.