Patent ID: 6692010
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: A01D,B60D,B62B

Abstract:
A safety sulky for attachment to a self-propelled mower via a connecting arm, comprising:a sulky platform upon which a mower operator can stand; support means for supporting said sulky platform for movement behind said self-propelled mower; a chamber disposed adjacent to said sulky platform; pivot means carried by said support means, about which said sulky platform and said chamber can pivotally move in an arcuate path with respect to said connecting arm; and a movement limiting apparatus carried by said support means for limiting the arcuate path of said sulky platform and said chamber with respect to said pivot means, said movement limiting apparatus being actuated by said mower operator when standing on said sulky platform, whereby said sulky platform and said chamber do not move pivotally in proximity to said self-propelled mower during a mowing operation.