Rotary mower with vine lifters

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY MOWER FOR CUTTING VINES AND THE LIKE GROWING ON A RAISED ROW OF GROUND, THE COMBINATION OF, A FRAME, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID FRAME ABOVE THE ROW AND FOR MOVEMENT ALONG THE ROW, A BLADE DISPOSED BELOW SAID FRAME AND MOUNTED THEREON FOR ROTATION ALONG A PATH IN A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PLANE ADJACENT THE CREST OF THE ROW TO SEVERE VINES ALONG THE CREST, A PAIR OF L-SHAPED RODS FORMING LIFTERS LATERALLY SPACED TO LIE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROW AND EACH HAVING A GENERALLY VERTICAL ARM EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FRAME BEHIND THE REAR PORTION OF THE PATH OF THE BLADE TO A LEVEL BELOW SAID PLANE AND A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL ARM EXTENDING FORWARDLY BENEATH SAID PATH AND SAID PLANE WITH THE LEADING END OF SAID HORIZONTAL ARM SPACED REARWARDLY FORM THE LEADING EDGE PORTION OF SAID PATH, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID LIFTERS ON SAID FRAME WITH SAID HORIZONTAL ARMS IN SPACED RELATION WITH THE PLANE AND PATH OF ROTATION OF SAID BLADE, AND A TIP PORTION ON THE LEADING END OF EACH OF SAID ARMS INCLINED DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY THEREFROM, SAID TIP PORTIONS TERMINATING IN TIPS SPACED APART TO TRAVEL ALONG THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ROW, PICK UP VINES THEREON, AND FEED THE VINES UPWARDLY ONTO SAID HORIZONTAL ARMS AND AND INTO SAID BLADE AS THE MOWER ADVANCES ALONG THE ROW.