Patent ID: 7647754
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A lawn mower comprising: an engine for driving at least one cutting blade; a handle bar assembly including at least two spaced apart handles for an operator to grip during operation of the mower; an operator presence control (OPC) system including a right-hand lever and a left-hand lever, wherein the OPC system allows the mower to cut grass when a hand-grip portion of the right and/or left hand lever is pressed against a handle(s) of the mower, but causes the mower to stop cutting grass when the hand-grip portions of the right and left-hand levers are not pressed against the handles of the mower; wherein the right and left hand levers of the OPC system are made separately and are connected together by at least one bracket under a dash of the mower; and wherein each of the right and left-hand levers is bolted or screwed to the bracket under the dash of the mower, and wherein a portion of the bracket selectively pivots along with the levers for engaging a button of an OPC switch of the OPC system.