Patent ID: 7735305

Claim:
A lawn mower cutting deck, comprising: a housing; a shaft extending through the housing and journalled thereto for rotation of the shaft relative to the housing; a coupler attached to an upper end of the shaft; a cutting blade attached to a lower end of the shaft; a mechanical drive member connected to the coupler; an anchor attached to an upper surface of the housing; and a removable cover that, when in a secured position, attaches to the housing to shield the coupler and at least a portion of the mechanical drive member, the cover comprising: one or more tabs proximate a first end of the cover, each of the one or more tabs configured to be received in a receiving slot formed in the housing; and a resilient lip defined by a cantilevered portion of the cover that extends into an opening formed through the cover proximate a second end of the cover, the lip configured to selectively interlock with the anchor when each of the one or more tabs is received in its corresponding receiving slot.