Patent ID: 7523600
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A drive-operating mechanism for a lawn mower having a body and an operation handle and driven by one of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, the body of the lawn mower being supported by wheels, and the operation handle including left and right long handgrips extending rearward from the body of the lawn mower, and a grip part connecting rear ends of the left and right long handgrips, said grip part being adapted to be grasped at side portions thereof by the two hands of an operator, wherein the drive-operating mechanism comprises: a first operating switch case provided adjacent to and below a central portion, between said side portions, of the grip part of the operation handle, said first operating switch case comprising a first operation member, which is a thumb operable first operating switch located in a range in which a thumb of any one of the hands of the operator grasping the side portions of the grip part can reach to operate the first operation member; a second operation member swingably supported by the operation handle and provided on a front side of the grip part so as to be movable toward and away from the grip part, said second operation member being located in a range in which the fingers of the operator grasping the side portions of the grip part can reach to operate the second operation member; a second operating switch case, supported by only one of the long handgrips, adapted to be operable depending on movement of the second operation member; wherein the first operation member and second operation member are reachable for sequential operation to drive the lawn mower while the operator is grasping the side portions of the grip part.