Horizontally adjustable rotating disk type mower

Claim 1

A POWER LAWN MOWER COMPRISING A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED BASE SUPPORTED UPON GROUND ENGAGING WHEELS, AN INCLINED HANDLE EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE BASE, SAID BASE HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND ARCUATE SLOT THEREIN, A PRIME MOVER HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SECOND SLOT, MEANS SWINGABLY MOUNTING SAID PRIME MOVER UPON THE BASE TO PERMIT MOVEMENT OF SAID SHAFT LENGTHWISE OF SAID SECOND SLOT, MEANS INTERCONNECTED SAID PRIME MOVER MOUNTING MEANS AND SAID HANDLE FOR LOCKABLY SECURING SAID PRIME MOVER IN VARIOUS POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID SECOND SLOT, A CUTTER SECURED TO SAID PRIME MOVER SHAFT BELOW SAID BASE, MEANS FOR ELEVATING ONE OF SAID GROUND ENGAGING WHEELS TO PERMIT ORBIT OF ROTATION OF THE CUTTER DIRECTLY BELOW SAID WHEEL WHEN SAID PRIME MOVER SHAFT REACHES THE END OF SAID SECOND SLOT WHEREBY SAID ELEVATED WHEEL WILL SERVE AS A GUARD BETWEEN THE CUTTER AND A RIGID STRUCTURE ADJACENT THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE MOWER.