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PART FOUR - Patent 49203 of 1964
I include this patent for its curiosity value. It suggests that Owen Cox
was looking toward the future of lawnmowers. It was a hydraulic drive
Mowmobile! It never went into production - probably because hydraulics would
not have been cost effective on residential ride-ons.

The system was non-controversial: hydraulic pump, control valve, reservoir
and drive motors. We would see this system employed on large commercial
mowing machines by the end of the 1960s - on gang and golf course equipment.

I guess the advent of small purpose-built gearboxes, transaxles, and hydrostats
were better solutions for the ride-ons of the future.

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