US 11,672,201 B2
Modular mower deck for use with a lawnmower
Jeffrey Zeiler, Brookfield, WI (US); Todd Johnson, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Christopher Krajewski, West Allis, WI (US); Nicholas Zeidler, Brookfield, WI (US); Jacob Schmalz, Milwaukee, WI (US); Bryan Keith Dandridge, Waukesha, WI (US); Matthew Steven Zurawski, Whitewater, WI (US); Ryan Hahn, Elm Grove, WI (US); and Ryan Jaskowiak, Eagle, WI (US)
Assigned to Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/639,104
Filed by Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 16, 2018, PCT No. PCT/IB2018/056156
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/035021, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/653,888, filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,284, filed on Aug. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0205338 A1, Jul. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01D 34/71 (2006.01); A01D 34/78 (2006.01); A01D 34/82 (2006.01); A01D 67/04 (2006.01); B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60K 1/02 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60N 2/015 (2006.01); B62D 1/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/02 (2006.01); B62D 21/11 (2006.01); E01H 5/06 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/66 (2013.01) [A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 34/71 (2013.01); A01D 34/78 (2013.01); A01D 34/824 (2013.01); A01D 67/04 (2013.01); B60G 15/062 (2013.01); B60G 15/067 (2013.01); B60K 1/02 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60N 2/015 (2013.01); B62D 1/046 (2013.01); B62D 15/021 (2013.01); B62D 21/02 (2013.01); B62D 21/11 (2013.01); E01H 5/061 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular mower deck for use with a lawnmower, the modular mower deck comprising:
a plurality of mower deck modules, each of the mower deck modules comprising:
a first central mower deck module and a second central mower deck module, the first central mower deck module and the second central mower deck module fixedly coupled by a reinforcement bar;
a first outer mower deck module and a second outer mower deck module, the first outer mower deck module removably attachable to the first central mower deck module and the second outer mower deck module removably attachable to the second central mower deck module;
a blade assembly, the blade assembly comprising at least one mower blade; and
an electric blade motor configured to provide rotation to the blade assembly;
an attachment assembly configured to enable attachment between adjacent mower deck modules and comprising;
a first hinged joint that pivotally attaches the first outer mower deck module to the first central mower deck module; and
a second hinged joint that pivotally attaches the second outer mower deck module to the second central mower deck module;
a lithium ion power source electrically coupled to each of the mower deck modules; and
wherein at least one of the plurality of mower deck modules is configured to be removably attachable to another one of the plurality of mower deck modules.