Front-mounted stand-on lawn care vehicle

US9409589B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HUSQVARNA AB · SE

Inventors

• Kevin Oswald · Columbus, US
• Sean Dwyer · Gastonia, US
• Leanne Cushing · Somerville, US
• Michael Adams · Phoenix, US
• Braxton Reese · Charlotte, US
• Richard D. Bednar · Superior, US
• James Flynn · Gastonia, US
• Jerry Sandy · Fort Mill, US
• Thomas Limpo · Fort Mill, US
• Steve Brinkman · Martinez, US
• Krzysztof Glomski · Springfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 26, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2016
• Expiry date: Aug 26, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01D2101/00
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A riding lawn care vehicle may include: (a) a frame to which a pair of front wheels and a rear wheel assembly of the riding lawn care vehicle are attachable; (b) an engine mounted to the frame substantially between the front wheels; (c) a steering assembly having steering levers operably coupled to respective ones of the front wheels of the riding lawn care vehicle via respective hydrostatic drive pumps driven by the engine; (d) a support platform coupled to the frame rearward of the engine to support a standing rider; and (e) a front mount assembly configured to detachably couple the riding lawn care vehicle to an attachment that enables performance of a yard maintenance activity, where (f) a majority of the support platform is disposed rearward of an axis of rotation of the front wheels and forward of an axis of rotation of the rear wheel assembly.