Power lawn mower guards

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY TYPE POWER LAWN MOWER, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ROTATING CUTTER BLADE AND DRIVE MEANS THEREFOR, SAID CUTTER BLADE HAVING A CUTTING EDGE ADJACENT EACH END FACING IN THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION THEREOF, A HOUSING OVER SAID ROTATING CUTTER BLADE INCLUDING A DEPENDING PERIPHERY EXTENDING BELOW SAID ROTATING CUTTER BLADE AND HAVING A CUT GRASS OUTLET THEREIN, AND WHEEL MEANS SUPPORTING THE LOWER PERIPHERY OF SAID HOUSING AT A SELECTED DISTANCE ABOVE THE TURF WHEREBY TO ADMIT OF THE CUTTING OF GRASS BY SAID ROTATING CUTTER BLADE, AN ANNULAR WIRE GUARD DISPOSED OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE SAID HOUSING LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DEPENDING PERIPHERY THEREOF, SAID ANNULAR GUARD HAVING ITS OUTER PERIPHERY SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE OF SAID HOUSING WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE INNER ANNULUS AND OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF SAID CUTTER BLADE, SAID ANNULAR GUARD INCLUDING GENERALLY SPIRALLY DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE WIRES SPACED SUFFICIENTLY BETWEEN THE INNER AND THE OUTER PERIPHERIES THEREOF TO PERMIT BLADES OF GRASS TO BE CUT TO EXTEND UPWARDLY THEREBETWEEN IN THE PATH OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF SAID CUTTER BLADE, A PAIR OF SPACED SUSPENSION WIRE OF SAID ANNULAR PORTION THEREOF TO THE INNER WIRES FIXED AT THE CENTRAL GUARD AND AT A CIRCULARLY SPACED POINTS TO THE INTERMEDIATE AND OUTER WIRES THEREOF, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SUSPENSION WIRES AND TO THE DEPENDING PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AT OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF SECURING SAID ANNULAR GUARD IN TAUT RELATIONSHIP TO THE HOUSING.