Patent ID: 6780252
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A01D,B08B

Abstract:
A method for cleaning a mower deck having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an outer perimeter, the mower having at least one mower blade mounted for rotation about a blade axis below the lower surface of the mower deck for cutting grass, the mower blade having a radius of predetermined length on opposite sides of the blade axis; the method comprising:taking a lawnmower tool comprising an elongated handle having first and second opposite ends and a longitudinal axis, a shaft extending longitudinally from the handle along the longitudinal axis thereof, and a scraping blade being attached to the shaft and having a sharpened edge facing away from the handle and shaft, the sharpened edge being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle, the handle having a length greater than the radius of the mower blade; positioning the sharpened edge of the scraping blade beneath and in contact with the lower surface of the mower deck with the first end of the handle being located beneath the lower surface of the mower deck and with the second end of the handle extending outside the perimeter of the mower deck; scraping debris from the lower surface of the mower deck by moving the handle in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle so that the sharpened edge of the scraping blade scrapes along, and scrapes debris from, the lower surface of the mower deck; maintaining and gripping a portion of the handle outside the perimeter of the mower deck during the entire scraping step.