Patent ID: 7637089

Claim:
A grass collecting apparatus for a lawn mower comprising: a frame supported by a vehicle body; a container supporting member for supporting a grass collecting container for storing grass clippings, the container supporting member including a container supporting surface for receiving an opening edge of the grass collecting container; a container cover mounted on the frame to be oscillatable about a horizontal axis between a closed position and an opened position, the container cover covering an opening of the grass collecting container supported by the container supporting member when in the closed position and opening the opening when in the opened position; an engaging member mounted on the container cover, the engaging member being engageable with the opening edge of the grass collecting container with oscillation of the container cover from the opened position to the closed position, thereby positioning and maintaining the grass collecting container on the container supporting member, and disengageable from the opening edge of the grass collecting container with oscillation of the container cover from the closed position to the opened position; and a connecting member for attaching the container cover to the frame to be oscillatable about the horizontal axis, wherein the engaging member is integrally formed on the connecting member.