Patent ID: 11805727

Abstract:
A device for controlling the discharge of clippings from a chute in a mowing deck of a rotary lawn mower includes a mounting bracket secured to the rotary lawn mower a distance from the mower deck and a flap pivotally attached to the mower deck. The device includes a connecting member having a first end fixedly secured to the flap and a second end supported by the mounting bracket wherein the connecting member is sufficiently flexible to be formed into a selected configuration and sufficiently rigid to retain the selected configuration during use. The device includes a handle non-rotatably secured to the connecting member proximate the second end, wherein when downward, rotational manual force is placed upon the handle, the force is transferred to the flap such that sufficient rotational force is applied thereto to move the flap to a first position that substantially covers a discharge chute on the mover deck to substantially prevent the discharge of clipping and wherein when an upward, rotational force is placed upon the handle an upward rotational force is placed upon the flap which causes the flap to rotate away from the discharge chute to a second position where the discharge port is substantially unobstructed by the flap.