Patent ID: 6810652
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
An apparatus removably attachable to a rotary lawn mower for collecting grass, leaves, and other debris in a disposable collection bag, comprising:a housing with a top, bottom, left side, right side, an open front side and an open rear side that will allow air, grass, leaves and other materials to flow through the housing from front to rear; a means for attaching the housing to a rotary lawn mower at a grass discharge chute of the rotary lawn mower; an upper shield rigidly attached to the top of the housing and extending rearward and downward from the top of the housing; a lower shield rigidly attached to the bottom of the housing and extending rearward from the bottom of the housing; a bag support and exhaust vent that is movably attached to the top of the housing whereby the bag support and exhaust vent comprises: a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear; a rigid hollow chamber that extends rearward from the front of the bag support and exhaust vent; a means for movably attaching the bottom of the bag support and exhaust vent to the top of the housing so that the rear of the bag support and exhaust vent may be lowered toward the ground for ease in removing the disposable collection bag once the disposable collection bag is filled; a means for locking the bag support and exhaust vent to the top of the housing; a vent opening at the front of the bag support and exhaust vent; a means for redirecting air flow from the vent opening away from the rotary lawn mower; a plurality of small openings on the bottom of the bag support and exhaust vent that allow air to flow from the housing into the hollow chamber in the bag support and exhaust vent and out the vent opening; a means for attaching the disposable collection bag over the rear of the bag support and exhaust vent, over the rear opening of the housing, and over the lower shield and upper shield of the housing.