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PART THREE - 1963 Patent
The main feature of the Mowmobile was not the styling - borrowed from
North American trends - but the unique friction drive system, patented by
Own Cox. That drive (now called a 'Live Drive') is still used today on some
Cox Industries' ride-ons. Amazing.



Global Mod Gadge has researched and found the original patent
lodged in mid-1963. It shows the direct drive feature of the cutter head.
Note that the original friction drive had a hand operated lever, rather
than a foot operated rocker-pedal, that would be used on later Cox models.