Patent ID: 6367235
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A01D,Y10S

Abstract:
A blade-mounting system for a rotary mower, said system comprising:a platform operatively connected in driven relationship with a drive axle of the rotary mower, said platform including a pair of raised parallel edges spaced from one another and disposed on opposite sides of said platform and a plurality of upstanding lugs projecting from said platform and between said pair of edges, said plurality of upstanding lugs including a pair of walls disposed between said pair of raised, parallel edges and extending in a direction substantially parallel with said pair of edges at least one of said upstanding lugs including a transverse hole extending through said lug; a blade adapted to be disposed adjacent said platform and between said pair of raised, parallel edges such that said pair of raised edges engage either side of said blade, said blade including apertures that are shaped to cooperatively receive and abut said walls of said plurality of upstanding lugs so as to impart torque from the drive axle of the rotary mower to said blade; and a fastener adapted to be received through said transverse hole in said at least one upstanding lug so as to removably mount said blade in adjacent relationship to said platform and between said pair of raised edges, said pair of raised edges and said plurality of lugs cooperating to translate rotary motion from the drive axle of the mower to said blade.