Spring is upon us, and as the days lengthen and we venture out into the world after our pizza-n-TiVo hibernation, we are confronted with the dual problems of extra belly-fat and extra long lawn-grass. A clever invention could take care of both these modern scourges in one go, but instead offers a kind of poor-man’s layzee-mow.
The Lawn Mower Scooter has an electric motor which drives both the blades and the scooter itself. As you stand on the rear footplate and desperately try not to lose your balance, the mower chugs forward, filling the grass-box until the trimmings come into view through the window on top. At this point, you will actually have to use some energy, perhaps calling one of the kids over to empty the box.
It’s a rather flimsy-looking design, and disappointing that it isn’t more human-powered. When I was a lad, I had to mow the lawns with a push-along monster that weighed a lot more than me. The blades were spun by gears connected to the wheels, wheels which would slip on the damp grass and send me tumbling towards the whirling blades every few yards. It never did me any harm (apart from the loss of my nose), and I think that the modern home-gardener could also do with shedding a few pounds with a sporty manual mower.
The Lawn Mower Scooter currently only exists in the garden seen above, and in the fevered, neat-freak mind of the inventor Vicky Petihovski.
Lawn Mower Scooter [Yanko via Ubergizmo]
