Patent ID: 7219489

Claim:
A grass collector for a grass mower adapted to move grass cuttings from a mower unit through a duct into a grass container disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle body, the grass collector comprising: a support frame configured to be attached to the rear portion of the vehicle body of the grass mower; a connecting portion supported by the support frame; an engaging member provided to the grass container and engageable with the connecting portion wherein the grass container is detachably mounted to the support frame by the engagement of the engaging member with the connecting portion; an engagement lock member provided in the grass container for preventing disengagement of the engaging member from the connecting portion; and an engagement releasing tool for releasing the engagement lock member, the releasing tool being disposed adjacent a handle provided on a top face of the grass container so that the releasing tool may be gripped simultaneously with the handle wherein the entire grass container is pivotally supported by said connecting portion, so that the container can selectively assume a grass discharging posture where a front face of the container is away from the support frame and open downwardly or a grass collecting posture where the front face of the container is connected to the support frame and communicated with the duct; and the grass collector further comprises a lock mechanism displaceable between a locking position where the mechanism locks the container to the grass collecting posture and a lock releasing position where the mechanism does not lock the container to the grass collecting posture.