Mower having wheel adjustable means

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE WHEELS OF A MOWER OR THE LIKE RELATIVE TO THE ELEVATION OF THE BODY OF THE SAME, SAID BODY HAVING LATERALLY SPACED FRAME PORTIONS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF, COMPRISING THE COMBINATION OF, A FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER CARRYING ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY A FORWARD PAIR OF SAID WHEELS, SAID FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING A FIRST AXLE SHAFT EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID MOWER BODY BETWEEN SAID FORWARD WHEELS, AND INCLUDING A FIRST PIVOT SHAFT JOURNALED ON SAID BODY TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID BODY, SAID FIRST AXLE SHAFT AND SAID FIRST PIVOT SHAFT BEING SPACED APART AND DISPOSED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, A SECND SUPPORT MEMBER CARRYING ADJACENT THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY A REARWARD PAIR OF SAID WHEELS, SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER INCLUDING A SECOND PIVOT SHAFT EXTENDING LATERALLY OF SAID MOWER BODY BETWEEN SAID REARWARD WHEELS, AND INCLUDING A SECOND PIVOT SHAFT JOURNALLED ON SAID BODY TO ROTATE ON ITS AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID BODY, SAID SECOND AXLE SHAFT AND SECOND PIVOT SHAFT BEING SPACED APART AND DISPOSED PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, A FIRST PAIR OF ARM NON-ROTATIVELY SECURED TO SAID FIRST PIVOT SHAFT AT LOCATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, ADJACENT OPPOSITELY SPACED FRAME PORTIONS OF THE SAID BODY ADJACENT THE FORWARD END THEREOF, A SECOND PAIR OF ARMS NON-ROTATIVELY SECURED TO SAID SECOND PIVOT SHAFT AT LOCATIONS, RESPECTIVELY, ADJACENT OPPOSITELY SPACED FRAME PORTIONS OF THE SAID BODY ADJACENT THE REARWARD END THEREOF, SAID ARMS OF SAID PAIRS OF ARMS BEING SWINGABLE IN UPRIGHT PLANES EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID BODY ADJACENT OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS BEING CONNECTED TO AND CARRYING SAID FIRST AXLE SHAFT ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO RAISE AND LOWER THE SAME AND THE FORWARD PAIR OF WHEELS CARRIED THEREBY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY UPON THE PIVOTAL SWINGING OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS IN UNISON, SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS BEING CONNECTED TO AND CARRYING SAID SECOND AXLE SHAFT ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF TO RAISE AND LOWER THE SAME AND THE REARWARD PAIR OF WHEELS CARRIED THEREBY RELATIVE TO SAID BODY UPON THE PIVOTAL SWINGING OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF ARMS IN UNISON, AN ACTUATING LEVER PIVOTALLY CARRIED BY SAID BODY AND EXTENDING THEREFROM IN POSITION FOR THE MANUAL SWINGING OF THE FREE END OF SAID ACTUATING LEVER, FIRST CONNECTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID ACTUATING LEVER AND AN ARM OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS AT A FIRST POINT LOCATED AT A DISTANCE FROM THE AXIS OF THE FIRST PIVOT SHAFT CARRYING SAID ARM TO CAUSE SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS AND THE FIRST SUPPORT MEMBER, INCLUDING SAID FIRST AXLE SHAFT, CONNECTED THERETO TO SWING IN UNISON UPON THE PIVOTAL SWINGING OF SAID ACTUATING LEVER, AND SECOND CONNECTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECT-