Patent ID: 6959528

Claim:
A mower attachment for a support vehicle having a forward direction of travel, a power take off shaft and three point hitch components at one or both of its front and rear ends, comprising: a main frame having a front side and rear side and including a horizontal guide member at said front side, a horizontal guide member at said rear side spaced horizontally from and rigidly connected to said front horizontal guide member, said horizontal guide members being parallel to one another and extending laterally in relation to said direction of travel at the same elevation, three point hitch components on said front side of said main frame, and three point hitch components on said rear side of said main frame, a plurality of in-line hydraulic pumps mounted on said main frame, a gear box mounted on said main frame and drivingly connected to said pumps, said gear box having a front power take off connector and a rear power take off connector, a subframe having a pair of guided members connected in guided relation to said horizontal guide members, respectfully, a hydraulic actuator interconnected between said main frame and said subframe operable to adjust said subframe laterally, a U shaped frame pivotally connected to said subframe on a horizontal axis extending in said direction of travel and presenting a pair of laterally spaced downwardly extending legs, a cutter head supported on the lower end of each of legs, each of said cutter heads having a rotatable cutting blade, and a hydraulic actuator interconnected between said subframe and said U shaped frame operable to pivot said U shaped frame about said horizontal axis to adjust the inclination of said cutter heads for mowing on terrain sloping laterally in relation to the terrain being traveled by said support vehicle and operable to pivot said U shaped frame to a travel position in which it is disposed above said main frame.