Patent ID: 6041584
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
An adjustable gauge wheel support arm structure usable with a gauge wheel and mower deck having a downwardly extending skirt, said structure including:a generally flat and vertically extending support bracket attached to the skirt and projecting outwardly therefrom,said bracket including a plurality of vertically spaced first seats horizontally spaced from the deck;a U-shaped gauge wheel adjustment arm including first and second legs, one leg being carried closely adjacent each vertical side of the bracket;means swingably mounting the arm on the bracket;a wheel support carried in one of the first and second legs for rotatably mounting the gauge wheel, said support including an opening therein;a second seat carried in the other of said first and second legs;a pin member slideably carried between the legs, one portion of the pin member being slideably receivable in the second seat, one of the first seats in the bracket and the opening in said support to secure the arm and wheel with the bracket, andbiasing means acting between the pin member and arm to releasably urge the one portion of the pin member towards engagement with one of the first seats, the second seat and said opening.