Patent ID: 6431305
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
A lawn tractor comprising:a right rear wheel having a right rear axle and a left rear wheel having a left rear axle structured such that said right and left rear wheels are not interconnected by a common rear axle extending between said right and left rear wheels; a mower unit; a grass catcher attached to a rear region of said tractor; a duct extending from said mower unit through to said grass catcher for transporting grass clippings from said mower unit to said grass catcher; an engine; a transmission device receiving drive from said engine, said transmission device being disposed between said right and left rear wheels so that said transmission device is located offset of a centerline of said lawn tractor and adjacent to one of said right and left rear wheels; and an intermediate axle transmitting the drive outputted from said transmission device to said right and left rear wheels, respectively, said intermediate axle extending between said right and left rear axles at a lower level than said right and left rear axles, so as to define an open space between said right and left rear wheels and above said intermediate axle, wherein said transmission device extends upward from said intermediate axle into said space above the intermediate axle and said duct extends through said space on an opposite side of the centerline from said transmission device.