Patent ID: 8857142
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A01D

Abstract:
1. A walk-behind mower for cutting grass including: a cutting platform within which grass is cut and having a rearwardly directed discharge for cut grass; a motor located on the cutting platform for powering the grass cutting operation; a door that is movably mounted to the cutting platform, the door having a first door position in which the door blocks the discharge and a second door position in which the door is away from the discharge; a collection bag for receiving and retaining cut grass, the collection bag having an inlet mating to the discharge of the cutting platform with the collection bag attached to the cutting platform and with the door being away from the first door position; a handle extending away from the cutting platform for gripping by an operator walking behind the mower in an operator location for operating the mower; an operable member that is operable by the operator when the operator is in the operator location; a support fixed to the cutting platform to couple the handle to the cutting platform; and a door prop movably mounted on the support to enable repositioning of the door in association with operation of the operable member, the door prop being biased such that the door is movable by the operator between the first position and the second position to a held state where the door is held by the door prop in the second position, the door thereafter being releasable from the held state in association with operation of the operable member.