摘要 |
Disclosed herein is a rotary lawn mower comprising a blade housing including a top deck, a generally annular wall depending from the top deck and substantially enclosing a cutter blade, and a rear wall depending from the top deck, extending generally transversely of the direction of intended travel, and spaced rearwardly from the annular wall. Also disclosed is pivot means supported by the blade housing and having a transversely extending axis adjacent to the rear wall, and a flexible shield carried by the pivot means for pivotal movement about said axis, extending across substantially the entire distance between the rear wheels supporting the blade housing, and extending in closely adjacent relation to the ground, not withstanding variation in the vertical distance of the blade housing above the ground. Also disclosed is spring means extending forwardly and rearwardly of the shield for yieldably limiting movement of an upper portion of the shield from a position adapted to locate a lower portion of the shield in closely adjacent relation to the ground.
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