Patent ID: 7665284

Claim:
A lawn mower drive arrangement for delivering power to a mower deck of a lawn mower vehicle having a generally vertical longitudinal plane positioned between the right side and the left side of the mower, the mower drive arrangement comprising: a prime mover, a drive sheave coupled to the prime mover having an axis of rotation generally normal to the vertical longitudinal plane of the mower vehicle, a mower deck sheave for powering a mowing blade, a belt communicating between the drive sheave and the mower deck sheave, the belt having a tension side and a slack side, a first guide pulley engaging the tension side of the belt between the drive sheave and the mower deck sheave and a second guide pulley engaging the slack side of the belt between the drive sheave and the mower deck sheave, the first and second guide pulleys positioned such that the belt twists by an angle substantially less than substantially 60 degrees between the drive sheave and each of the two guide pulleys.