Patent ID: 7797917
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A mower housing apparatus, comprising, in combination: a pentagonal housing attached to an existing mower, the housing having a first side spaced apart from a second side, a front spaced apart from a rear, the front having a central rounded corner, a first rounded corner between the rear and the first side, a second rounded corner between the first side and the front, a third rounded corner between the front and the second side, a fourth rounded corner between the second side and the rear, a top spaced apart from an open bottom, a lip around the open bottom; a first door hingedly disposed in the housing first side; a second door hingedly disposed in the housing second side; a reversible hydraulic motor disposed on the housing top, the motor proximal to the housing front; a right angle drive disposed atop the housing, the right angle drive disposed rearwardly from the hydraulic motor; a u-jointed drive shaft connecting the hydraulic motor to the right angle drive; a series of pulleys rotationally disposed atop the housing, the pulleys comprising: a removable flanged first pulley housing covering the first lateral drive pulley; a removable flanged second pulley housing covering the second lateral drive pulley; a horizontally disposed front roller connected to the housing front; a first horizontally disposed hydraulic cylinder in communication with the first door via a first lever arm, the first cylinder hydraulically and selectively opening and closing the first door; a second horizontally disposed hydraulic cylinder in communication with the second door via a second lever arm, the second cylinder hydraulically and selectively opening and closing the second door; a first wheel pivotally affixed to the housing via a first pivot bracket, the first wheel proximal to the housing first rounded corner; a second wheel pivotally affixed to the housing via a second pivot bracket, the second wheel proximal to the housing second rounded corner; a third wheel pivotally affixed to the housing via a third pivot bracket, the third wheel proximal to the housing third rounded corner; a fourth wheel pivotally affixed to the housing via a fourth pivot bracket, the fourth wheel proximal to the housing fourth rounded corner; a plurality of hydraulic lines supplying the hydraulic motor, the first cylinder and the second cylinder; a trio of mower blades disposed within the housing, the blades selectively driven in a clockwise or counterclockwise rotation, the blades comprising a first blade, a second blade, and a third blade, the first blade in communication with the first lateral drive pulley, the second blade in communication with the front drive pulley, the third blade in communication with the second lateral drive pulley, each blade comprising a pair of identical removable spaced apart blade attachments, each blade attachment and blade having a coincidental first outer edge spaced apart from a coincidental second outer edge, a coincidental outer end, each attachment comprising: