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A grass/lawn debris handling system for a lawn mower having a side grass discharge duct includes a rigid hopper mounted on the side of the mower proximate tha grass discharge duct. A substantially vertical chute mounted on the discharge duct communicates at its lower end with the duct and at its upp

A grass/lawn debris handling system for a lawn mower having a side grass discharge duct includes a rigid hopper mounted on the side of the mower proximate tha grass discharge duct. A substantially vertical chute mounted on the discharge duct communicates at its lower end with the duct and at its upper end with the front end of the hopper. Relative movement of the chute and the hopper as well as the selective disconnection and reconnection thereof is made possible by an oversized opening in the hopper for receiving the chute upper end and flexible seal means in the opening for sealing the space between the hopper and chute end. The hopper is supported on a lift arm pivoted at the rear of the mower. A cylinder provides selective pivotal movement of the lift arm to rotate the hopper into an elevated dumping position. A hinged hopper door of air-permeable material opens automatically when the hopper is elevated to its dumping position to permit discharge of the hopper contents.

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A grass/lawn debris handling system for a lawn mower having a side grass discharge duct, said system comprising: a hopper adapted for mounting on the side of a mower proximate the mower grass discharge duct and having a hopper opening near the upper end of said hopper, at least a portion of said hop

A grass/lawn debris handling system for a lawn mower having a side grass discharge duct, said system comprising: a hopper adapted for mounting on the side of a mower proximate the mower grass discharge duct and having a hopper opening near the upper end of said hopper, at least a portion of said hopper overlying said grass discharge duct, a chute communicating at its lower end with the mower grass discharge duct and at its upper end with said hopper opening when said hopper is in a filling position, said hopper having an uppermost portion when in said filling position, means pivotally mounting said hopper on said mower for movement between said filling position and an elevated dumping position, the lowermost portion of said hopper when in said elevated dumping position being spaced substantially above the position of said uppermost portion of said hopper when in the filling position, and means selectively operable to effect rotation of said hopper into said elevated dumping position.