Mower tractor

• US 20050217232A1
• Filed: 03/09/2005
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kubota Corporation
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Osami, Minoura, Akira, Togoshi, Yoshikazu, Nakatani, Yasunobu, Samejima, Kazuo, Asahara, Masato
• Granted Patent: US 7,594,378 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 56/202
• CPC Class Codes: A01D 43/063 in or into a container carried by the mower; Containers therefor A01D43/077 takes precedence

Abstract

A mower tractor includes a vehicle body supported by a plurality of wheels; an engine mounted to the vehicle body; a mower suspended from the vehicle body; at least one grass collector bag for collecting grass cut by the mower; a grass collector bag holder supporting said at least one grass collector bag at a position on one side with respect to the engine; and a stopper portion for abutting against the grass collector bag so as to prevent the grass collector bag supported by the grass collector bag holder from moving toward the vehicle body.

Claims

1. A mower tractor comprising:

a vehicle body supported by a plurality of wheels;

an engine mounted to the vehicle body;

a mower suspended from the vehicle body;

at least one grass collector bag for collecting grass cut by the mower;

a grass collector bag holder supporting said at least one grass collector bag at a position on one side with respect to the engine; and

a stopper portion for abutting against the grass collector bag so as to prevent the grass collector bag supported by the grass collector bag holder from moving toward the vehicle body.

2. The mower tractor according to claim 1,

wherein the grass collector bag holder comprises a first support bar arranged between said at least one grass collector bag and the vehicle body.

3. The mower tractor according to claim 2,

wherein the stopper portion is provided in the first support bar.

4. The mower tractor according to claim 3,

wherein the grass collector bag holder supports the grass collector bag such that the grass collector bag is suspended at a position to the side of a rear end portion located behind the rear wheels of the vehicle body;

and

wherein the first support bar is a bent support bar comprising a longitudinal support bar portion extending in the vehicle body'"'"'s longitudinal direction, and a vertical support bar portion extending vertically in the vehicle body'"'"'s vertical direction from a rear end of the longitudinal support bar portion.

5. The mower tractor according to claim 4,

wherein the stopper portion is the rear end portion of the longitudinal support bar portion.

6. The mower tractor according to claim 5,

wherein the rear end portion of the longitudinal support bar portion protrudes rearwardly further with respect to the vehicle body.

7. The mower tractor according to claim 4, further comprising a straight second support bar whose lower end is linked to a position on the vehicle body side together with a front end of the longitudinal support bar portion and whose upper end is linked to the grass collector bag holder together with the upper end of the vertical support bar portion.