Garden tractor

Claim 1

A TRACTOR COMPRISING: A RIGID FRAME INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED ENGINE SUPPORT HAVING AN UPRIGHT LEG AND A HORIZONTAL LEG EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID UPRIGHT LEG, A HORIZONTAL DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO SAID UPRIGHT LEG AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM, A TRANSMISSION AND REAR AXLE HOUSING RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO SAID DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM; REAR WHEELS MOUNTED ON SAID TRANSMISSION AND REAR AXLE HOUSING AND STEERABLE FRONT WHEELS MOUNTED ON SAID ENGINE SUPPORT; AN ENGINE MOUNTED ON SAID HORIZONTAL LEG OF SAID ENGINE SUPPORT AND HAVING A DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID UPRIGHT LEG AND SAID DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING AND THENCE INTO SAID TRANSMISSION AND REAR AXLE HOUSING; A BRACKET EXTENDING UPWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID UPRIGHT LEG; A DASHBOARD MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET AND DISPOSED ABOVE SAID DRIVE SHAFT HOUSING; A STEERING WHEEL; A STEERING COLUMN EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND FORWARDLY FROM THE STEERING WHEEL THROUGH THE DASHBOARD AND LINKAGE CONNECTING SAID STEERING COLUMN TO SAID FRONT WHEELS; A HOOD HAVING AN UPRIGHT GRILL PIVOTALLY CONNECTED ADJACENT ITS LOWER END TO THE FORWARD END OF SAID HORIZONTAL LEG, SAID GRILL BEING POSITIONED IN FRONT OF THE ENGINE AND BETWEEN THE FRONT WHEELS, SAID HOOD HAVING TOP PANEL MEANS EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM THE UPPER END OF SAID GRILL, THE REARWARD END OF SAID TOP PANEL MEANS ENGAGING THE FORWARD END OF THE DASHBOARD, SAID TOP PANEL MEANS OVERLYING THE ENGINE, AND COOPERATING LATCH PARTS ON SAID DASHBOARD AND ON SAID TOP PANEL MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID HOOD AGAINST PIVOTAL MOVEMENT.