Patent ID: 7992373
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A lawn mower with a chassis and a grass collecting unit, the grass collecting unit comprising: a support frame assembly detachably connected to a rear portion of the chassis; a vertically movable grass container supported by the support frame assembly; a support base supporting the grass container on the ground; and a connecting mechanism detachably connecting the support frame assembly to the chassis, the connecting mechanism including a grass collecting unit side connecting unit provided in the support frame assembly, and a vehicle body side connecting unit provided in the chassis; wherein the support frame assembly includes a vertical frame detachably connected to the rear portion of the chassis and a link mechanism extending obliquely downward from an upper portion of the vertical frame, the grass container being supported by the vertical frame through the link mechanism, a hydraulic cylinder extending between a lower portion of the vertical frame and the link mechanism, and the grass container is raised rearward and upward away from the chassis via the link mechanism in association with an extending operation of the hydraulic cylinder; and wherein the grass collecting unit side connecting unit is provided at the lower portion of the vertical frame, and the lower portion of the vertical frame is displaced toward a lower portion of the link mechanism and the grass collecting unit side connecting unit is disconnected from the vehicle body side connecting unit by raising the vertical frame in association with a contracting operation of the hydraulic cylinder while the grass container is supported on the ground by the support base.