Patent ID: 7047718

Claim:
A lawn mower comprising: a first bearing frame; a grass cutting unit, said unit being mounted beneath said first bearing frame; means for taking the grass clippings; a catcher for receiving and collecting the grass clippings; a rear wall having an upper side wall hinged to the catcher through a pair of levers radially secured to and cantilevering from a tube rotatable within a pair of supports provided on an upper wall of the catcher; said means for taking the grass clippings comprising a duct for conveying the grass clippings from said grass cutting unit to said catcher; a second frame, arranged between said catcher and said first bearing frame, said second frame being hinged to the first bearing frame so as to enable said catcher to assume a working configuration at which said catcher is lowered relative to the first bearing frame and an emptying configuration at which said catcher is raised with respect to said first bearing frame; wherein, at said working configuration said catcher and said cutting unit are vertically aligned, so that the overall bulk of the mower is substantially the same as that of said catcher or said cutting unit.