Grass collector for a lawnmower

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY MOWER, A BLADE CASING HAVING AN EXITING AREA FRO CUTTINGS, A PLATFORM INTEGRAL AWAY FROM AND BELOW THE EXITINGS, SURFACE EXTENDING AWAY FROM AND BELOW THE EXITING AREA OF THE CASING, AND A COLLECTOR HAVING A RIGID ENCLOSED UPPER PORTION AND A FLEXIBLE LOWER PORTION, THE LOWER PORTION INCLUDING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED GENERALLY C-SHAPED SUPPORTING ELEMENT WHICH IS FASTENED AT ITS ENDS TO THE UPPER PORTION AND WHICH FORMS AN OPENING IN THE COLLECTOR AND A FLEXIBLE BOTTOM SURFACE FASTENED AT ITS PERIMETER TO THE GENERALLY C-SHAPED SUPPORTING ELEMENT AND THE UPPER PORTION, THE COLLECTOR BEING REMOVABLY POSITIONED ON THE PLATFORM WITH THE OPENING IN THE COLLECTOR PLACED ADJACENT THE EXITING AREA OF THE BLADE CASING, THE FLEXIBLE BOTTOM SURFACE CONFORMING TO THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE PLATFORM WHEN POSITIONED ADJACENT THERETO AND EXPANDING AND LOWERING THE CUTTINGS WHEN THE COLLECTOR IS REMOVED FROM THE PLATFORM.