Mowing machine

Claim 1

IN A MOWING MACHINE, THE COMBINATION OF A WHEELED AXLE, A BEAM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID AXLE FOR VERTICAL SWINGING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO, A BAIL PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTER END OF SAID BEAM IN DEPENDENT RELATION THERETO FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT LATERALLY OF SAID BEAM, CLAMPING MEANS ON SAID BEAM FOR HOLDING SAID BAIL STATIONARY THEREON, A MOWER HEAD PIVOTALLY CARRIED ON SAID BAIL, A CLAMP CONNECTING SAID BAIL AND MOWER HEAD FOR HOLDING THE LATTER AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID BAIL, POWERED MOWING MECHANISM MOUNTED ON SAID HEAD, A MANUALLY OPERABLE STEERING LEVER AFFIXED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID AXLE AND NORMALLY EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREFROM IN A DIRECTION LEADING AWAY FROM SAID BEAM, AN ELONGATED CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OUTER END PORTIONS OF SAID BEAM AND LEVER WHEREBY SAID LEVER WILL BE NORMALLY DISPOSED IN AN UPWARDLY INCLINED RELATION TO SAID BEAM UNDER THE ACTION OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID BEAM AND MOWER HEAD AND WHEREBY DOWNWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER WILL ELEVATE SAID BEAM AND MOWER HEAD RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE ON WHICH SAID WHEELED AXLE IS SUPPORTED, SAID BEAM BEING DIVIDED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS, A PIVOTAL COUPLING BETWEEN THE DIVIDED END PORTIONS OF SAID BEAM ON WHICH SAID MOWER HEAD MAY BE SWUNG LATERALLY, AND A CLAMP EMBODIED IN SAID PIVOTAL COUPLING FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING THE DIVIDED PORTIONS OF SAID BEAM AGAINST MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER.