Patent ID: 7610739

Claim:
A lawn mower comprising: at least one engine, said at least one engine operable to drive one or more blades and a pair of rear wheels, said rear wheels depending from a rear frame of said mower; a pair of front wheels depending from a front frame of said mower; said front frame including at least one surface for supporting the feet of a user during operation of said mower, said front frame also being pivotally mounted relative to said rear frame while said mower is traversing terrain such that a mower deck being at least partially supported underneath one of said front frame and rear frame more adequately maintains a cutting level above a ground surface during operation; and said pivotally mounted front and rear frames rotate relative to one another in a plane which is substantially normal to a longitudinal axis of said mower and said frames are pivotally mounted using a pivot which is located between said front wheels and said rear wheels of said mower and also offset inwardly from each of said front and rear wheels.