Patent ID: 7562515

Claim:
A riding type mower comprising: a chassis having chassis main frames; a plurality of wheels including at least one driven wheel; a vehicle body supported by the plurality of wheels; a driver's seat supported by the vehicle body; a mower unit located below the vehicle body; a suspension mechanism for vertically movably supporting the mower unit from the vehicle body, the suspension mechanism having a restraint member operatively connected to the suspension mechanism; an operation mechanism for operating the suspension mechanism; a stopper for setting a lower limit for a vertical position of the mower unit to define a cutting height by abutment against the restraint member, the stopper is adapted to be rotated to change the lower limit and disposed more towards an inside of the chassis than the chassis main frames under the driver's seat; a lower limit adjustment element located laterally of the driver's seat and rotatable to rotate the stopper; a linking mechanism for operatively connecting the lower limit adjustment element with the stopper; wherein the lower limit adjustment element is rotatable about a first axis extending vertically and the stopper is rotatable about a second axis extending vertically, wherein the first axis is displaced with respect to the second axis and the linking mechanism transmits a rotating motion about the first axis as a rotating motion about the second axis, the first axis being disposed more towards a lateral outside of the chassis than the second axis.