Patent ID: 6494028
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
In a riding lawn mower having a cutting deck, apparatus for lifting the cutting deck comprising:a frame; a lift lever pivotally mounted to a portion of said frame having an upper and a lower end; inner and outer deck height adjustment plates, said lift lever extending through a channel formed by said adjustment plates; front and rear lift shafts rotatably coupled to said frame, each shaft having connection levers and deck lift levers fixed thereto; a pair of lift linkages connected to said lift lever at one end and to said connection levers on said front lift shaft at the other end; a pair of shaft connecting linkages for connecting said front shaft to said rear shaft; a pedal lever attached to said connection levers on said front lift shaft for operating said deck lift mechanism and suitable for engagement by an operator's foot; means for attaching said cutting deck to said deck lift levers on said front and rear shafts; and whereby, upon depression of said pedal lever by the operator's foot, said connection levers on said front shaft translate rotational movement to said shaft connecting linkages and to said lift linkages effecting vertical movement of said cutting deck and forward movement of said lift lever into a transport position.