Rotary mower with an aligned and an offset mast-type hitch

Claim 1

A ROTARY CUTTER FOR ATTACHMENT TO A VEHICLE FOR PROPULSION THEREBY, COMPRISING A HOUSING WITH A ROTATABLY MOUNTED CUTTER BLADE THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED VERTICAL MEMBERS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE FRONT END OF SAID HOUSING, APERTURE MEANS IN SAID MEMBERS IN LATERAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, A HORIZONTAL PIN CARRIED IN EACH APERTURE MEANS FOR MOUNTING YOKES ON THE VEHICLE THEREON, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID PINS BEING SPACED LATERALLY OF EACH OTHER THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING SO THAT THE CUTTER CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROPULSION VEHICLE, AND AT LEAST TOW OTHER PINS BEING SPACED LATERALLY OF EACH OTHER THE SAME DISTANCE AS SAID FIRST-MENTIONED PINS, SAID SECONDMENTIONED PINS BOTH BEING SPACED ADJACENT THE SAME SIDE OF THE CENTRAL AXIS OF SAID HOUSING SO THE CUTTER CAN BE LATERALLY OFFSET FROM THE PROPULSION VEHICLE, SPEED REDUCTION MEANS BEING CARRIED ON SAID HOUSING IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF AND SAID REDUCTION MEANS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CUTTER BLADE AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE VEHICLE, AND MEANS BEING PROVIDED ON SAID HOUSING FOR SELECTIVELY ROTATING SAID REDUCTION MEANS THROUGH AN ANGLE FROM ONE POSITION TO THE SECOND POSITION ON SAID HOUSING, SAID REDUCTION MEANS BEING CARRIED ON SPACED ANGLE IRON SECURED THERETO, AND TWO SETS OF SPACED STUD MEANS SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID IRONS TO SAID HOUSING IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.