US 12,268,123 B2
Vehicle with debris blower and lawn mower
Ricky A. Weihl, Muskegon, MI (US)
Filed by Ricky A. Weihl, Muskegon, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/502,870.
Application 17/502,870 is a continuation of application No. 15/899,126, filed on Feb. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,178,814.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/465,496, filed on Mar. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030765 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01D 34/71 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01D 43/077 (2006.01); A01D 69/00 (2006.01); A01G 20/47 (2018.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/71 (2013.01) [A01D 34/66 (2013.01); A01D 43/077 (2013.01); A01D 69/002 (2013.01); A01G 20/47 (2018.02); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); Y02P 60/14 (2015.11)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A riding vehicle comprising:
a frame coupled to a riding platform adapted to support a user;
a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame comprising at least two opposing traction wheels;
a mower deck and a plurality of cutting blades disposed within a cutting space of the mower deck, the mower deck including a discharge chute for expelling cuttings from the mower deck;
a blower assembly supported by the frame and including an air inlet and an air outlet, the blower assembly configured to generate a stream of air from the air inlet to the air outlet, the air outlet being separate from the mower deck, the stream of air enabling movement of debris on a surface from a first location to a second location; and
a power source coupled to the frame, the power source operatively coupled with the at least two opposing traction wheels, the cutting blades, and the blower assembly such that the same power source provides power to the at least two opposing traction wheels, the cutting blades, and the blower assembly, whereby the same power source is configured to power the cutting blades to cut vegetation and power the blower assembly to direct the stream of air separate from the mower deck via the air inlet and the air outlet of the blower assembly; and
wherein the cutting blades are operatively coupled to the power source via a clutch, wherein the clutch is configured to selectively disengage the power source from driving the cutting blades while the power source powers the blower assembly to direct the stream of air.