US 12,029,157 B2
Multi-configurable mower deck
Daniel Smeets, Beesel (NL)
Assigned to Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/645,395
Filed by Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/049839
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 6, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/051154, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/555,806, filed on Sep. 8, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0281117 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/66 (2006.01); A01D 34/71 (2006.01); A01D 34/81 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01D 34/667 (2013.01) [A01D 34/66 (2013.01); A01D 34/71 (2013.01); A01D 34/81 (2013.01); A01D 34/005 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multi-configurable mower deck comprising:
a top surface;
a front leading edge;
at least one side wall extending from the top surface;
at least one partial rear wall extending from the top surface;
a side-discharge opening formed on one side of the mower deck between the front leading edge and the at least one partial rear wall;
a rear-discharge opening formed through the at least one partial rear wall;
a front baffle extending from the top surface and configured to direct clippings to the side-discharge opening;
a selectively removable secondary front baffle, wherein the front baffle is arranged between the front leading edge and the secondary front baffle;
a plurality of cutting chambers, wherein each cutting chamber is configured to partially house a respective cutting blade, and wherein the secondary front baffle defines at least a portion of two cutting chambers;
a selectively removable side-discharge opening blocking plate, wherein the side-discharge opening blocking plate is configured to prevent clippings from exiting the mower deck from the side-discharge opening, and further wherein the secondary front baffle is configured to direct clippings from the plurality of cutting chambers to the rear-discharge opening; and
a selectively removable rear baffle configured to be coupled to the top surface, wherein, when coupled to the top surface, the rear baffle extends a distance from the top surface that is less than a distance that the front baffle extends from the top surface, and wherein the rear baffle is configured to partially block the rear-discharge opening.