Patent ID: 7328563

Claim:
A walk reel mower and trailer, which comprises: (a) an electrically driven walk reel mower, the walk reel mower being powered by at least one battery carried thereon, wherein the battery has a weight that is sufficiently low to permit the battery to be manually lifted and lowered by an operator into and out of the walk reel mower for manual installation and removal of the battery from the walk reel mower, the battery having a lifting handle or strap to facilitate the manual lifting and lowering of the battery by the operator; (b) a trailer configured to support and transport the walk reel mower to a job site, the trailer also being configured to support and transport a plurality of replacement batteries thereon in addition to supporting and transporting the walk reel mower, wherein the trailer has at least one station for charging the replacement batteries, wherein the replacement batteries on the trailer and the battery on the walk reel mower are substantially identical to one another with each replacement battery being individually removable and replaceable on the trailer separately from the other replacement batteries by individually lifting and lowering each replacement battery into and out of the trailer using the lifting handle or strap thereon in the same manner that the battery on the walk reel mower is lifted and lowered into and out of the walk reel mower using the lifting handle and strap thereon, and wherein a drained or depleted battery carried on the walk reel mower can be individually replaced with a fully charged replacement battery from the trailer with the replacement batteries being available to the operator at the job site by virtue of being carried on the trailer used to transport the walk reel mower to the job site.