Harvesters – Motorized harvester – Having motor on ground-supported carrier
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-16
2004-12-07
Will, Thomas B. (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Motorized harvester
Having motor on ground-supported carrier
Reexamination Certificate
active
06826896
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority of Taiwanese Application No. 092217951, filed on Oct. 7, 2003.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a lawn mower, and more particularly to a lawn mower that includes a grass-shredding device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Referring to
FIGS. 1 and 2
, a conventional lawn mower
10
is shown to include a vehicle body
11
, four wheels
12
disposed rotatably on the vehicle body
11
, a motor
13
, a rotatable blade
14
disposed under a deck of the vehicle body
11
, and two handle bars
15
extending radially from the vehicle body
11
. The motor
13
can be started to rotate the blade
14
for performing a grass-cutting operation. The conventional lawn mower
10
has a drawback in that it is necessary to collect the cut grass after the grass-cutting operation, thereby resulting in manpower waste.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of this invention is to provide a lawn mower that includes a grass-shredding device for shredding grass to form shredded grass which drops from the grass-shredding device onto the lawn so as to serve as humus.
According to this invention, a lawn mower includes a vehicle body, and a grass-cutting unit for cutting grass into long grass strips that move into a grass-shredding device, within which the long grass strips are shredded. Shredded grass drops from the grass-shredding device onto the lawn so as to serve as humus.
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Gray Care Ware & Freidenrich LLP
Torres Alicia
Will Thomas B.
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