Coupling

Claim 1

IN A POWER LAWMOWER THE COMBINATION OF A SUPPORTING FRAME, A PAIR OF JOURNAL SUPPORTS MOUNTED IN COAXIAL SPACED RELATION ON SAID FRAME, A PAIE OF SPACED ROTATABLE STUB SHAFTS ONE JOURNALLED IN EACH OF SAID JOURNAL SUPPORTS SPACED FROM SAID FRAME AND A DRIVE TRAIN FOR IMPARTING ROTATION TO SAID STUBSHAFTS, SAID DRIVE TRAIN COMPRISING A DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING BETWEEN AND HAVING TERMINAL ENDS DISPOSED ONE ADJACENT EACH OF SAID STUB SHAFTS, AN ENDLESS FLEXIBLE ELEMENT HAVING A LOOP THEREOF TRAINED AROUND SAID DRIVE SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE SAME, ONE RUN OF SAID LOOP THUS BEING CONFINED IN THE SPACE DEFINED BETWEEN SAID DRIVING SHAFT, JOURNAL SUPPORTS AND SAID FRAME, AND MEANS AT EACH TERMINAL END OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT RELEASABLY CONNECTING THE TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO SAID STUB SHAFTS AND ADAPTED TO TRANSMIT TORQUE BETWEEN SAID SHAFTS FOR ROTATING SAID STUB SHAFTS IN RESPONSE TO ROTATION OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT, SAID RELEASABLE CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING AT ONE OF SAID ENDS OF SAID DRIVE SHAFT A CONNECTOR AXIALLY OVERLAPPING AND SLIDABLE AXIALLY OF THE ADJACENT ENDS OF ONE OF SAID STUB SHAFTS AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT TO UNCOUPLE SAID ADJACENT ENDS WHEREBY UPON DISCONNECTABLY RELEASING SAID RELEASABLE CONNECTING MEANS SAID DRIVE SHAFT IS BODILY MOVABLE LATERALLY RELATIVE TO SAID STUB SHAFTS SO THAT SAID LOOP OF SAID FLEXIBLE ELEMENT MAY BE REMOVED SIDEWAYS OFF OF SAID DRIVING SHAFT.