Harvesters – Cutting – Housing or guard
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-06
2007-03-06
Will, Thomas B. (Department: 3671)
Harvesters
Cutting
Housing or guard
C056S017400
Reexamination Certificate
active
09587197
ABSTRACT:
A mower head has a deck with at least three sides and at least one side wall depending from the deck. A cutting blade is rotatably mounted to the deck on an axis extending through the deck. The deck is disposed above and generally parallel to the blade. A guard assembly includes an actuating member mounted on the deck. The guard is attached to the actuating member and pivotally attached to the deck via a hinge along two sides of the deck. A flap depends from the guard. A flap also depends from one of the three sides of said deck. A top surface of the guard and a top surface of the deck can be located in the same plane. In a second embodiment, the guard includes a first wall having a plurality of angled sections which matingly interconnect with angled sections of one of the deck sides. In a third embodiment, the top surface of the guard and the top surface of the deck are located in different planes.
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Fay Sharpe Fagan Minnich & McKee LLP
Torres Alicia
Will Thomas B.
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