Patent ID: 6840029

Claim:
A lawn mower for transmitting grass clippings cut by a mower unit to a grass catcher through a grass collecting duct, the lawn mower being convertible between a high dump specification and a low dump specification, the lawn mower comprising: a body frame; a bracket unit attached to said body frame adjacent to a rear end region of said grass collecting duct; and a gate frame for supporting said grass catcher to be displaceable between a collecting posture with an opening of said grass catcher opposed to said grass collecting duct, and a discharging posture with said opening directed downward; wherein said gate frame defines first connecting areas for enabling connection to a link mechanism for vertically moving said gate frame relative to said body frame, and second connecting areas for enabling direct connection to said bracket unit; when the lawn mower is converted to said high dump specification, said grass catcher is displaced from said collecting posture to said discharging posture with entire said gate frame moved upward away from said bracket unit the link mechanism, and when the lawn mower is converted to said low dump specification, said grass catcher is displaced from said collecting posture to said discharging posture with said gate frame directly connected to said bracket unit.