Patent ID: 7325387

Claim:
A riding-type mower comprising: a plurality of wheels; a body supported by the plurality of wheels; at least one draft link couplable at one end to the body; a pair of support links coupled at one end to the body and arranged rearwardly from the at least one draft link; and a mower unit whose front is supported from the body via the at least one draft link, and whose rear is supported from the body by the pair of support links, the mower unit includes: a mower deck having a front wall and a rear wall that extends substantially vertically; a plurality of blades housed in the mower deck each operable to rotate about a vertical axis; a balance arm coupled at two laterally spaced locations to the support links; and a shaft extending in a fore-and-aft direction and arranged at a position rearwardly of the rear wall of the mower deck within a vertical width of the rear wall, the balance arm being swingably supported via the shaft about an axis of the shaft relative to the mower deck, whereby the mower deck is rollably supported by the body about the axis of the shaft.