Patent ID: 7475530

Claim:
An articulating swing-out arm for coupling a reel assembly to a lawn mower, the swing-out arm comprising: a relatively rigid, elongate main member coupled to a first joint assembly proximate a first end of the main member, the first joint assembly being adapted to be coupled with the mower, the first joint assembly defining a substantially vertical first axis therethrough and being operable to provide for rotation of the main member relative to the mower about the first axis, the main member being coupled to a second joint assembly proximate a second end of the main member; a relatively rigid, elongate secondary member coupled to the second joint assembly proximate a first end of the secondary member, the second joint assembly defining a substantially vertical second axis therethrough and being operable to provide for rotation of the secondary member relative to the main member about the second axis, wherein the secondary member is adapted to be coupled to the reel assembly proximate a second end of the secondary member, and the swing-out arm is operable to locate the reel assembly relative to the mower in at least a mowing position and a servicing position, and at least one locking mechanism including a receiver and a latch slidingly operable to be inserted into and removable from an aperture of the receiver for selectively fixing at least one of the rotation of the main member and the rotation of the secondary member.