Patent ID: 6609358
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A mower cutting deck comprising:a) a top member; b) a wall member extending downwardly from the top member, the wall member assisting in forming a plurality of adjacent cutting chambers, the wall member also including an opening therein through which vegetation is discharged; c) a plurality of cutting blades with one of the blades being carried within each of the plurality of cutting chambers for cutting the vegetation, each of the blades being rotatable to direct vegetation along a flow pathway that extends between the cutting chambers and out of the discharge opening; and d) a plurality of gates cooperable with the wall member and shiftable between a first position to permit movement of cut vegetation through the pathway and a second position to substantially enclose the chambers with the wall member and thereby substantially restrict the vegetation from flowing along the pathway, each of the gates being shiftable between their first and second positions by a common control structure.