Patent ID: 7047715

Claim:
A running mower comprising: a traveling body supported by a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels; a rotary mowing unit vertically movably mounted to the traveling body between the front wheels and the rear wheels; and an outlet duct for mowed grass extending backward from underside of the traveling body between the rear wheels, wherein the rotary mowing unit includes an upside provided with a downwardly open channel-shaped upper duct for covering an outlet for mowed grass, the upper duct being pivotally connected for allowing a rear end of the upper duct to move up and down, the rear end of the upper duct being inserted into an upper front end of the outlet duct, the outlet duct being channel-shaped to be downwardly open, underside of the outlet duct being provided with an upwardly open channel-shaped lower duct forming a bottom member of the outlet duct, the lower duct having a rear end pivotally connected for allowing a front end of the lower duct to move up and down, the front end of the lower duct being operatively connected to an up-down mechanism for the rotary mowing unit.