US 11,937,536 B1
Lawn mower deck cleaning apparatus and method
David Jerome Durchman, Newport, MI (US)
Filed by David Jerome Durchman, Newport, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,000.
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/81 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/003 (2013.01) [A01D 34/81 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A method for cleaning a lawn mower while in use comprising the steps of
introducing ice into a gravity-fed hopper;
allowing gravity to move the ice through a lower opening in the hopper and into a conduit;
using gravity to move the ice through the conduit to an aperture in the interior of the mower deck;
impacting the ice with a moving mower blade;
ricocheting the ice into at least one of the interior underside of the deck, the interior side surface, a first rotational slinger, or a second rotational slinger;
pulverizing the ice through one or more ricochets;
dislodging debris from at least one of the interior side surface, the interior underside, and the blade.