Grass and leaf baler for rotary lawn mowers

Claim 1

A GRASS AND LEAF CATCHER INCLUDING A BALER FOR A ROTARY LAWN MOWER HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID CATCHER COMPRISING A UNIT HAVING A MATERIAL RECEIVING CASING, SAID CASING HAVING A LEAF AND GRASS RECEIVING OPENING THEREIN AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO SAID MOWER SO THAT SAID CASING OPENING IS ADJACENT SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID CASING HAVING A PLURALITY OF SMALL OPENINGS THEREIN FOR THE PASSAGE OF AIR, A TAPERED NECK PORTION INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID CASING IN WHICH GRASS AND LEAVES ARE ADAPTED TO BE COMPRESSED AFTER THEY ENTER SAID CASING THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING, THE NECK PORTION BEING OPEN AT EACH END THEREOF, A ROTATABLE AUGER MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID CASING AND EXTENDING INTO SAID NECK PORTION, SAID AUGER MEMBER BEING IN THE FORM OF A HELICALLY WOUND ROD, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID AUGER MEMBER, AN ANNULAR COIL SPRING FASTENING MEANS ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY FASTEN A DISPOSABLE SACK ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID NECK PORTION SO THAT THE SACK MAY RECEIVE COMPRESSED GRASS AND LEAVES AS THEY ARE EJECTED THROUGH THE END OF SAID NECK PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID MOWER DISCHARGE OPENING, CHAIN MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID NECK PORTION AND BEING ADAPTED TO RELEASABLY FASTEN SAID COILSPRING TO SAID NECK PORTION, AND SACK SUPPORT MEANS INTEGRALLY CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING FROM SAID CASING.