Patent ID: 6874310

Claim:
A lawnmower convertible between a bagging mode and a mulching mode, the convertible lawnmower comprising: a cutter housing having a discharge opening; an engine mount centrally positioned on the cutter housing; a prime mover supported on the engine mount; a mulching blade coupled to the prime mover to rotate about a first axis and in a blade circle within the cutter housing; a mounting ring mounted in the cutter housing concentric to the first axis and mounted to rotate in the cutter housing about the first axis; a cover connected to the mounting ring and adapted to translate within the cutter housing between a full bagging position where the discharge opening is at least substantially unobstructed by the cover, a full mulching position where the cover at least substantially obstructs the discharge opening and at least one position intermediate the full bagging position and the full mulching position; and a handle connected to the cover and extending external to the cutter housing, the handle being displaceable between a first position, a second position and at least one position intermediate the first position and the second position such that displacement of the handle between each of the first position, the second position and the at least one intermediate position of the handle translates the cover between each of the full bagging position, the full mulching position and the at least one intermediate position of the cover, respectively.