Internal combustion engine driven lawn mower especially mechanical starting mechanism therefor

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENT, ESPECIALLY LAWN MOWER, HAVING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENESPEGINE WITH A CRANKSHAFT, PUSH HANDLE MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID MOWER FOR PUSHING AND PULLING THE SAME, A STARTER MECHANISM COMPRISING AN OVER-RIDING CLUTCH HAVING ONE CLUTCH ELEMENT DRIVINGLY CONNECTED TO SAID CRANKSHAFT AND HAVING ANOTHER CLUTCH ELEMENT ADAPTED AUTOMATICALLY TO BE LOCKED TO SAID ONE CLUTCH ELEMENT WHEN BEING ROTATED IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND BEING FREELY ROTATABLE WITH REGARD TO SAID ONE CLUTCH ELEMENT WHEN BEING ROTATED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, GEAR MEANS ROTATABLY CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER CLUTCH ELEMENT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH GEAR RACK MEANS MESHING WITH SAID GEAR MEANS AND RECIPROCABLE IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID GEAR RACK MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID GEAR MEANS, SAID RACK MEANS EXTENDING IN LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID MOWER, AND LINK MEANS LINKING SAID GEAR RACK MEANS TO SAID PUSH HANDLE MEANS TO THEREBY PERMIT THE LATTER IN RESPONSE TO A PIVOTING MOVEMENT THEREOF TO MOVE SAID RACK MEANS IN THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION THEREOF FOR ROTATING SAID GEAR MEANS AND STARTING SAID ENGINE.