Patent ID: 6533053
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A01B,B60K

Abstract:
A detachable forwardly extending power take-off shaft on a lawn tractor having a source of rotational power, comprising;a tractor having forward and rearward ends; a drive shaft with forward and rearward ends mounted longitudinally on the tractor and being co-extensive therewith; the rearward end of the shaft being slidably detachably connected to a rotational power means on the rearward end of the tractor; a bracket on the forward end of the tractor; the forward end of the shaft supported by a bearing detachably mounted on the bracket; a means for detaching the shaft from the bracket including a latch connected to the bracket that maintains the shaft in operative condition on the bracket in a first position, and releases the shaft from the bracket in a second position.