Power operated gang mower

Claim 1

A GANG MOWER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL MOWING UNITS HAVING ROTATABLE CUTTING BLADE MEANS THEREIN; A PULL FRAME HAVING SAID MOWING UNITS SECURED TO A PORTION THEREOF AND ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO A VEHICLE FOR MOVING SAID MOWING UNITS ACROSS THE TERRAIN TO BE MOWED; A COMMON POWER SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID MOWING UNITS TO OPERATE THE CUTTING BLADE MEANS THEREIN; AND POWER SUPPLY MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID POWER SHAFT TO THUS CAUSE SAID CUTTING BLADE MEANS TO SEVER THE GRASS ON THE TERRAIN BENEATH THEM; SAID MOWING UNITS BEING ARRANGED IN A JUXTAPOSED RELATIONSHIP WHEREIN THE CUTTING BLADE IN ONE UNIT OVERLAPS THE CUTTING BLADE IN THE NEXT ADJACENT UNIT SO THAT NO UNCUT STRIPS OF GASS ARE LEFT REMAINING ON SAID TERRAIN AFTER SAID MOWER HAS PASSED THEREOVER; SAID MOWING UNITS BEING ARRANGED IN AN ALTERNATE STEPPED ARRANGEMENT ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID POWER SHAFT WHEREBY ONE MOWING UNIT CUTTING BLADE MEANS IS DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF THE AXIS OF SAID POWER SHAFT AND THE NEXT ADJACENT MOWING UNIT CUTTING BLADE MEANS IS DISPOSED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE AXIS OF SAID SHAFT.