Patent ID: 8578691

Claim:
A walk-behind mower for cutting grass including: a cutting platform within which grass is cut and having a rearwardly directed discharge for cut grass; a motor located on the cutting platform for powering the grass cutting operation; a door is movably mounted to the cutting platform, the door having a first door position in which the door blocks the discharge and a second door position in which the door is away from the discharge; a collection bag for receiving and retaining cut grass, the collection bag having an inlet mating to the discharge of the cutting platform with the collection bag attached to the cutting platform and with the door being away from the first door position; a support connected to the cutting platform; a door prop movably mounted on the support and having a first segment for engagement with the door and a second segment for engagement with the door, the door prop having a first prop position in which the first and second segments of the door prop are not in engagement with the door to permit the door to be in the first door position and having a second prop position in which the first segment of the door prop is in engagement with the door to retain the door in the second door position and having a third prop position in which the second segment of the door prop is in slidable engagement with the door while the door is moved between the first and second door positions; a handle extending up from the cutting platform for gripping by an operator walking behind the mower in an operator location for operating the mower; an operable member that is operable by the operator when the operator is in the operator location; and a connector extending between the door prop and the operable member to transmit force from the operable member to the door prop and move the door prop from the second prop position to the first prop position when the operable member is operated, and releasing the door prop to move toward the second prop position when the operable member is released from operation.