A universal lighting assembly detachably couples to a handle of a walk-behind lawn mower to illuminate areas in front of lawn mower. The assembly is universal, and thus operable with wide varieties of walk-behind lawn mowers. The lighting assembly comprises a light housing having a left side, a righ
A universal lighting assembly detachably couples to a handle of a walk-behind lawn mower to illuminate areas in front of lawn mower. The assembly is universal, and thus operable with wide varieties of walk-behind lawn mowers. The lighting assembly comprises a light housing having a left side, a right side, and a front face with at least one LED. A left-side and a right-side arm project outwardly from the light housing. A concave clamp from each arm couples to the mower handles. A cylindrical drum couples to the left-side and right-side arms. The clamps and drum are stationary and not designed to rotate when clamped to the handle; thereby permitting rotation of the housing. A spring is housed within the cylindrical drum and with opposing ends coupled to left and right-side arms. The spring biases each arm in a longitudinal direction of cylindrical drum against lawn mower handles.
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1. In combination with a walk-behind lawn mower having a deck at least partially covering at least one blade operably coupled to a motor, wheels rotatably coupled to the deck, and a U-shaped handle with respective distal ends of first and second vertical handle members coupled to the deck, wherein a
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In combination with a walk-behind lawn mower having a deck at least partially covering at least one blade operably coupled to a motor, wheels rotatably coupled to the deck, and a U-shaped handle with respective distal ends of first and second vertical handle members coupled to the deck, wherein an improvement comprises: a light housing having a left side, a right side opposing the left side, and a front face with at least one LED disposed thereon and electrically coupled to a power source coupled to the light housing, the power source operably configured to supply power to the LED;a left-side arm projecting outwardly from the left side of the light housing and having a left C-shaped clamp with an enclosed concave surface directly and selectively removably coupled to and surrounding, to securely retain to, the first vertical handle member; anda right-side arm projecting outwardly from the right side of the light housing and having a right C-shaped clamp with an enclosed concave surface directly and selectively removably coupled to and surrounding, to securely retain to, the second vertical handle member, the front face of the light housing coupled to the left-side arm and the right-side arm and operably configured to rotate with respect to the retained left-side and right-side arms. 2. The improvement according to claim 1, further comprising: a cylindrical drum coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the light housing having a rear face opposing the front face, the rear face of the light housing forming a concave surface shaped and sized to receive a cylindrical surface of the drum. 3. The improvement according to claim 2, further comprising: a spring housed within the cylindrical drum and with opposing ends respectively coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the spring biasing the left-side and right-side arms in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical drum, the spring compressively biasing the left-side and right-side arms. 4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein: the spring compressively biases the left-side and right-side arms. 5. The improvement according to claim 1, further comprising: a cylindrical drum coupled to the light housing and housing a portion of the left-side and right-side arms, the left-side and right-side arms directly coupled to opposing ends of a spring, the spring biasing the left-side and right-side arms in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical drum. 6. The improvement according to claim 1, wherein: the left-side and right-side arms define slots, respectively, disposed in a radial spaced-apart arrangement from one another. 7. The improvement according to claim 6, further comprising: a cylindrical drum having a left end and a right end opposing the left end, the left and right ends of the cylindrical drum comprising a guide member, the guide member disposed within the slots forming in the left-side and right-side arms, and substantially restricting the cylindrical drum from rotational movement by the portion of the cylindrical drum defined by the guide member. 8. The improvement according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of LEDs disposed on the front face of the light housing, the front face of the light housing spanning greater than 75% of a width defined by the first and second vertical handle members in which the concave clamps of the respective left-side and right-side arms are coupled. 9. A walk-behind lawn mower universal lighting assembly comprises: a light housing having a left side, a right side opposing the left side, and a front face with at least one LED disposed thereon and electrically coupled to a power source coupled to the light housing, the power source operably configured to supply power to the LED;a left-side arm projecting outwardly from the left side of the light housing and having a left concave clamp;a right-side arm projecting outwardly from the right side of the light housing and having a right concave clamp, the front face of the light housing coupled to the left-side arm and the right-side arm and operably configured to rotate with respect to the retained left-side and right-side arms, the left-side and right-side arms each respectively defining slots disposed in a radial spaced-apart arrangement with one another;a cylindrical drum coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the light housing having a rear face opposing the front face, the rear face of the light housing forming a concave surface shaped and sized to receive a cylindrical surface of the cylindrical drum, the cylindrical drum including a left end and a right end opposing the left end, the left and right ends of the cylindrical drum comprising a guide member each disposed within the slots of the left-side and right-side arms, respectively, and substantially restricting the cylindrical drum from rotational movement; anda spring housed within the cylindrical drum and with opposing ends respectively coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the spring biasing the left-side and right-side arms in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical drum, the spring compressively biasing the left-side and right-side arms. 10. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein: the cylindrical drum couples to the light housing and houses a portion of the left-side and right-side arms, the left-side and right-side arms directly coupled to opposing ends of the spring. 11. The assembly according to claim 9, further comprising: a plurality of LEDs disposed on the front face of the light housing, the front face of the light housing spanning greater than 75% of a width defined by the first and second vertical handle members in which the concave clamps of the respective left-side and right-side arms are coupled. 12. The assembly according to claim 9, further comprising: a walk-behind lawn mower, the walk-behind lawn mower having a deck at least partially covering at least one blade operably coupled to a motor, wheels rotatably coupled to the deck, and a U-shaped handle with respective distal ends of first and second vertical handle members coupled to the deck. 13. The assembly according to claim 12, wherein: the left concave clamp of the left-side arm directly couples and retains to the first vertical handle member of the walk-behind lawn mower. 14. The assembly according to claim 13, wherein: the right concave clamp of the right-side arm directly couples and retains to the second vertical handle member of the walk-behind lawn mower. 15. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein: the left-side and right side arms form longitudinally disposed arm locking grooves. 16. The assembly according to claim 15, further comprising: a threaded pressure knob disposed in alignment with the arm locking grooves. 17. The assembly according to claim 16, wherein: rotating the threaded pressure knobs in a first direction engages the threaded pressure knob with the arm locking grooves, whereby rotating the threaded pressure knobs in a second direction disengages the threaded pressure knob from the arm locking grooves. 18. A walk-behind lawn mower universal lighting assembly, consisting of: a light housing having a left side, a right side opposing the left side, and a front face with a plurality of LEDs disposed on the front face of the light housing, the front face of the light housing spanning greater than 75% of a width defined by the first and second vertical handle members in which the concave clamps of the respective left-side and right-side arms are coupled, the LEDs being electrically coupled to a power source coupled to the light housing, the power source operably configured to supply power to the LEDs;a clear panel covering the front face of the light housing;a left-side arm projecting outwardly from the left side of the light housing and having a left concave clamp;a right-side arm projecting outwardly from the right side of the light housing and having a right concave clamp, the front face of the light housing coupled to the left-side arm and the right-side arm and operably configured to rotate with respect to the retained left-side and right-side arms, the left-side and right-side arms being defined by slots disposed in a radial spaced-apart arrangement;a cylindrical drum coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the light housing having a rear face opposing the front face, the rear face of the light housing forming a concave surface shaped and sized to receive a cylindrical surface of the cylindrical drum, a left end and a right end opposing the left end, the left and right ends of the cylindrical drum comprising a guide member, the guide member disposed within the slots forming in the left-side and right-side arms, and substantially restricting the cylindrical drum from rotational movement by the portion of the cylindrical drum defined by the guide member;a spring housed within the cylindrical drum and with opposing ends respectively coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the spring biasing the left-side and right-side arms in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical drum, the spring compressively biasing the left-side and right-side arms; anda walk-behind lawn mower, the walk-behind lawn mower having a deck at least partially covering at least one blade operably coupled to a motor, wheels rotatably coupled to the deck, and a U-shaped handle with respective distal ends of first and second vertical handle members coupled to the deck, whereby the left concave clamp of the left-side arm directly couples and retains to the first vertical handle member of the walk-behind lawn mower; andwhereby the right concave clamp of the right-side arm directly couples and retains to the second vertical handle member of the walk-behind lawn mower. 19. In combination with a walk-behind lawn mower having a deck at least partially covering at least one blade operably coupled to a motor, wheels rotatably coupled to the deck, and a U-shaped handle with respective distal ends of first and second vertical handle members coupled to the deck, wherein an improvement comprises: a light housing having a left side, a right side opposing the left side, and a front face with at least one LED disposed thereon and electrically coupled to a power source coupled to the light housing, the power source operably configured to supply power to the LED;a left-side arm projecting outwardly from the left side of the light housing and having a left concave surface directly coupled and retained to the first vertical handle member;a right-side arm projecting outwardly from the right side of the light housing and having a right concave clamp directly coupled and retain to the second vertical handle member, the front face of the light housing coupled to the left-side arm and the right-side arm and operably configured to rotate with respect to the retained left-side and right-side arms, the left-side and right-side arms define slots, respectively, disposed in a radial spaced-apart arrangement from one another; anda cylindrical drum having a left end and a right end opposing the left end, the left and right ends of the cylindrical drum including a guide member, the guide member disposed within the slots defined by the left-side and right-side arms, respectively, and substantially restricting the cylindrical drum from rotational movement. 20. A walk-behind lawn mower universal lighting assembly comprises: a light housing having a left side, a right side opposing the left side, and a front face with at least one LED disposed thereon and electrically coupled to a power source coupled to the light housing, the power source operably configured to supply power to the LED;a left-side arm projecting outwardly from the left side of the light housing and having a left concave clamp;a right-side arm projecting outwardly from the right side of the light housing and having a right concave clamp, the front face of the light housing coupled to the left-side arm and the right-side arm and operably configured to rotate with respect to the retained left-side and right-side arms;a cylindrical drum coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, respectively, in a locking groove-and-guide configuration substantially restricting the cylindrical drum from rotational movement, the light housing having a rear face opposing the front face, the rear face of the light housing forming a concave surface shaped and sized to receive a cylindrical surface of the cylindrical drum; anda spring housed within the cylindrical drum and with opposing ends respectively coupled to the left-side and right-side arms, the spring biasing the left-side and right-side arms in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical drum, the spring compressively biasing the left-side and right-side arms.
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