Patent ID: 7303368

Claim:
A trailer for carrying a walk reel mower from one place to another place, the walk reel mower having a frame, a pair of rotatable transport wheels, a reel type cutting unit carried on a front of the frame, and a handle assembly extending upwardly and rearwardly from the frame to allow an operator to walk behind the mower while the mower is cutting grass, which comprises: (a) a trailer frame supported for rolling over the ground by a pair of ground engaging trailer wheels, wherein the trailer frame comprises a rearward portion having two parallel, spaced apart wheel ramps located apart a distance equal to the distance between the transport wheels of the walk mower; (b) wherein the trailer frame is pivotal between an inclined loading position in which rear ends of the wheel ramps engage against the ground and a substantially horizontal transport position in which the rear ends of the wheel ramps are pivoted up out of engagement with the ground; (c) wherein the transport wheels of the walk mower remain on the wheel ramps when the trailer frame is in the transport position; and (d) wherein the walk mower can be tipped sufficiently rearwardly on the trailer frame while in the transport position to engage the walk mower against a stop provided on the trailer frame, wherein the stop is positioned on the trailer frame relative to a center of gravity of the walk mower to permit the center of gravity of the walk mower to move rearwardly behind a rotational axis of the transport wheels such that the walk mower is retained by gravity in the rearwardly tipped orientation thereof when the walk mower abuts against the stop, wherein tipping the walk mower rearwardly on the trailer frame until the walk mower abuts the stop permits elevation of the front of the frame of the walk mower for service or adjustment and retains the front of the frame of the walk mower in its elevated position until the walk mower is tipped back forwardly on the trailer frame.