Patent ID: 8544246

Claim:
A lawn mower having a main mower deck and a wing mower having a rotating cutting blade the wing mower affixed to the main mower deck by support arms, the wing mower moveable between a lowered position and a raised position comprising: a) a main deck pulley with a pulley groove and having a main deck belt for rotating the main deck pulley, b) a wing mower pulley with a pulley groove which wing mower pulley rotates the cutting blade when the wing mower pulley rotates, c) a wing mower belt coupling the main deck pulley to the wing mower pulley, d) a tension pulley applying tension to the wing mower belt when the wing mower is in a lowered position, wherein the tension applied to the wing mower belt is removed by the movement of the wing mower into the raised position such that the slack created thereby causes the wing mower pulley and blade to be disengaged from rotating and having a tension pulley retainer positioned to keep the wing mower belt from coming off the tension pulley, e) a plurality of wing mower belt retainers holding the wing mower belt in place around the wing mower pulley by wing mower belt the retainers positioned around the circumference of the wing mower pulley, such that the wing mower belt slack is directed to the main deck pulley the wing mower belt retainers allowing the wing mower belt to disengage from the wing mower pulley when tension to the belt is removed as the wing mower is in the raised position, the wing mower belt retainers directing the wing mower belt against the wing mower pulley groove when the wing mower transitions to the lowered position; and f) a main deck pulley retainer which guides the belt back into the main deck pulley groove when the wing transitions into the lowered position.