Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661254 | Lawn mower having selectively drivable wheels A lawn mower having selectively drivable wheels, includes steerable front wheels, rear wheels, a body frame, an engine supported by the body frame, a mower unit supported by the body frame, a change speed device, a front wheel driving device for transmitting drive f... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7520114 | Mower with ground following cutting deck and weight transfer between deck and frame This invention relates to a mower and a tracked implement that convert from one to the other by coupling a mower unit or a tracked unit to a common drive unit. The drive unit is thus used in both products to provide cost savings in the purchase of the equipment. In ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7503161 | Transaxle for lawn tractor A transaxle is provided for a lawn tractor. The lawn tractor includes a prime mover, a mower unit having a grass-discharging duct disposed at a substantially lateral center portion of the mower unit, left and right drive wheels disposed on lateral opposite sides of ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7454888 | Crop harvesting header with rotary disks and a transfer roller carrying the cut crop to the nip of a pair of conditioning rolls A crop harvesting header has a cutter bar with a plurality of generally horizontal flail disks mounted thereon for driven rotation about generally upright axes spaced along the cutter bar. At least one of the disks is mounted outwardly of the discharge opening and c... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7415999 | Tree grubber and push bar attachment device An attachment for front end loaders and for tree cutting devices attached to a front end loader provides a hydraulically extending serrated edge which may be positioned below the ground surface in front of the loader or the tree cutting device to remove small saplin... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418328 | Steering logic for self-propelled mower Steering logic for a self-propelled vehicle having a plurality of wheels includes the steps of receiving translational velocity and angular velocity commands, determining the resultant velocity and steer angle of each wheel, and determining the wheel offset correcti... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7374187 | Mower suspension system and method In some embodiments, the present invention provides a mower including a frame having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one front wheel coupled to the front portion of the frame, and two drive wheels on substantially opposite sides of the rear portion of t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364169 | Walk-behind lawn mower A walk-behind lawn mower includes at least one of: (a) a latch assembly for receiving a folded-up sulky for storage during transport and the like; (b) inboard mounted control rods extending downwardly from a handle control assembly area of the mower, so that actuato... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7340877 | Cutter unit support roller A vegetation cutter to be mounted on a support vehicle for transport and deployment, has a housing with a rotating blade therein. The housing has a roller mounted for rotation forming the bottom edge of a side of the housing. The roller supports the cutter, allowing... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340875 | Power tool emergency stop system A safety apparatus for a tool driven by a motor removes motor power under certain circumstances. The tool includes a housing moveable over a ground surface for mounting the tool, and a ground-engaging member moveable relative to the housing and disposed to follow th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7320639 | Lid to lower basket sealing apparatus for a cotton packager machine A cotton receiving basket for an on-board cotton harvesting machine including a lower basket having a plurality of upwardly extending walls having upper portions including elongate upper seal elements extending therealong, respectively; a basket lid having a plurali... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7305811 | Side mower deck for a mower tractor A side-mount mowing attachment for a riding mower or yard tractor is removably secured to the riding mower by single hinge pin, allowing the side-mount mowing attachment to articulate and follow the ground contour independently from the primary mowing deck of the ri... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7293398 | Flip-up arrangement for a mower deck A mower deck is selectively coupled to the front of a propelling vehicle. The deck includes a mowing height adjustment assembly to permit the user to vary the cutting height of the mower deck. The deck is movable about a lift shaft from a generally horizontal use po... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270200 | Working vehicle A working vehicle having a pair of left and right HSTs having hydraulic pumps, hydraulic motors and trunnion shafts for regulating the drive speed of the hydraulic motors by varying compressed oil from the hydraulic pumps into the hydraulic motors, in which one hydr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261634 | Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a fir... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261032 | Using an estimated heat output value of a direct-fired steam generator in controlling water flow to maintain a desired constant steam temperature A direct-fired steam generator used for supplying steam for re-hydrating dry crop during baling is controlled so as to produce a desired constant steam temperature output by collecting data from which the heat output of the steam generator can be calculated and usin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7240471 | Row divider having a variable-height ear saver For a row crop header, a row divider having a variable-height ear saver feature. The row divider comprises a point, a cover, and a partition. The point has a trailing edge vertically moveable relative to the cover. The partition fills a resultant gap between the poi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237629 | Zero-turn radius vehicle with steerable front wheels The present invention relates to a zero turning radius vehicle having at least one steerable front wheel and a multistage steering input system separately capable of steering the at least one front wheel and selectively driving the drive wheels. A front wheel steeri... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7231999 | Steerable primary axle A steerable primary axle for a fairway mower or other machine includes a pair of motors mounted in fixed positions on opposing ends of an axle. The mechanical drive system includes a pair of input shafts having input bevel gears, a pair of output shafts with output ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231755 | Walk-behind implement and handle assembly release apparatus for use with same A walk-behind implement, e.g., lawn mower, having a handle assembly, and a handle assembly release apparatus for use with such an implement. The release apparatus, in one embodiment, may permit unlocking of the handle assembly from a first operating position relativ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7213890 | Wheel hub assemblies with anti-rotate feature for use with zero-radius-turning vehicle The present invention provides a hub assembly and a hub fastener anti-rotate apparatus for securing a wheel of vehicle (e.g., a zero-radius-turning lawn mower) to a vehicle drive axle. The anti-rotate apparatus may assist in preventing or substantially limiting loos... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204752 | Automatically deployable and storable cover apparatus for directing cotton flow from a conveyor duct of a cotton harvester to a cotton receiver thereof The apparatus for directing a flow of air and cotton from a cotton conveyor duct of a cotton harvester into a cotton receiver includes a cover member and a mounting element configured for mounting the cover member to a cotton conveyor duct for movement between a fir... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200981 | Support wheel arrangement for agricultural working machine, and agricultural working machine provided therewith A supporting arrangement for an agricultural working machine with at least one receiving device for receiving an agricultural working device has at least one support wheel arrangeable in a region facing the agricultural working device, the at least one support wheel... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7197863 | Lawnmower cutter deck with side-to-side deck leveler A side-to-side leveler couples a chain of a suspended cutter deck assembly to the associated cutter deck or, alternatively, to the associated lawnmower frame, so that the height of one side of cutter deck can be adjusted relative the other side while all chains rema... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194850 | Riding lawn mower A riding lawn mower comprises, a plurality of front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels; a vehicle body supported by the front wheels and the rear wheels, and supporting a driver's seat; an engine disposed in a rear position of the vehicle body; a hood housing the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194851 | Steam injection manifold arrangement having steam discharge orifice arrangement adjustable to vary discharge width A baler is equipped with a crop re-hydration system including a steam injection manifold mounted for discharging steam onto a windrow of crop as the windrow is being fed into the baler. The steam injection manifold has a steam discharge orifice arrangement which can... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185479 | Mower head with movable guard 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 asse... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182146 | Assembly for and method of constraining a flexible line of an agricultural implement A constraint assembly is provided to support a series of hoses associated with operation of an agricultural implement with a telescoping tongue assembly. The telescoping tongue assembly includes at least one telescoping arm configured to move between an extended and... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175380 | Slewing ring boom mower A vehicle includes a horizontal support frame mounted to the vehicle, a first slewing ring bearing moveably mounted on and substantially parallel to the horizontal support frame, an articulating boom having a first end mounted on the first slewing ring bearing and m... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162854 | Header for a harvester having an integral transport system An implement, such as a header for a combine, having an integral transport system with a pair of ground engaging wheels that are moved between transport positions used in transporting the implement and stowed positions on the implement during use of the implement. T... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159691 | Casing for leaf blower Conventional leaf blowers have a supporting frame to where the different components are attached. In order to reduce the noise from the tool and protect some of the components are they provided with covers. This makes the tool heavy and complicated for the operator ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7146787 | Walk behind mower Disclosed is a self propelled walk behind mower comprised of a tractor unit and a mowing deck. The tractor unit is hydrostatically driven with a unique control system whereby the forward speed of the tractor is set by operating an electric rocker switch with an oper... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134261 | Hybrid type working machine In the working machine wherein the output of an engine generator is directly supplied to a motor for travel without using the intermediary of a battery, preventing the engine from slowing down. The generator G is directly connected to the motor 7 and there is... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121071 | Reel mower discharge safety guard A reel type mower having a mobile structure and a ground engaging traction member rotatably coupled to the mobile structure. The ground engaging traction member imparts traction movement to the mobile structure for movement on the ground at a ground speed. A power d... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111419 | Thumb for a backhoe A digging implement (10) including an extendable linkage (12) including a bucket (14) and a thumb assembly (34) for holding materials in the bucket (14). The thumb assembly (34) is configured to rotate as the linkage (12 | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108096 | Vehicle control system with slow-in-turn capabilities and related method A control system with slow-in-turn capabilities for use with a self-propelled, steerable vehicle, such as a lawn mower, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system slows the vehicle speed when turns are made beyond a predetermined range and the speed is at or above ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107744 | Running mower A running mower of the present invention comprises a traveling body 1 provided, between the front wheels 2 and the rear wheels 3, with a rotary mowing unit 12 which includes a laterally spaced pair of mowing blades 16a, 1... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7096989 | Hydraulic transaxle apparatus for a four-wheel driving vehicle and four-wheel driving vehicle using the apparatus An articulated vehicle with a working device has a first frame having a prime mover mounted thereon and supporting a first transaxle apparatus. The first transaxle apparatus includes an input shaft receiving power from the prime mover, a pair of first axles, and a h... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086491 | Personal compact cart A personal cart comprises a mounting structure secured onto two parallel and aligned suspension members near their respective proximal longitudinal ends so as to rest thereon, and extending both upwardly and longitudinally so as to generally define an angle with sai... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086214 | Mower suspension A suspension system for a tractor-drawn mower used for crops for agricultural purposes is made up of parallel links, connected at a first end to a frame and to a mowing unit at a second end. A torsion spring assembly, similar to that used for torsion axles, is used ... | 08/08/2006 |
