Grass-catching attachments

Claim 1

In combination; a power mower having a discharge mouth defined by a pair of substantially vertical sides and substantially horizontal upper first bight; an attachment bracket secured to said bight and including an upwardly projecting member at the outer edge of said horizontal bight of said mouth, an inwardly projecting lip at the upper end of said member, and a substantially shorter upwardly projecting stop which is parallel to and spaced inwardly from said member; a U-shaped frame sized for overlapping engagement with the mouth of said mower and including a pair of spaced depending legs and an interconnecting second bight sized for overlapping engagement with the first bight while nestedly disposed in the attachment bracket between the member and the stop; an outrigger bag support bar including an elongated tube which extends outwardly from the frame and which is provided at either end with a pair of flattened sections, one section being secured to one leg of the frame and the other section being secured to the other leg of the frame; and a grass-catching bag removably draped over the support bar and including a mouth which envelopes the frame; said frame legs each including inwardly projecting ears near their lower ends sized for abutting engagement with the sides of the discharge mouth when the frame is disposed in the attachment bracket and the bag is disposed about the frame and the support bar.