ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,866, issued on Aug. 12.

"Front-load deck for a stand-on mower" was invented by Vincent De Angelis (Wayne, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a stand-on mower, comprising a chassis having drive wheels operably coupled to the chassis, a platform arranged between the drive wheels, a front wheel frame, coupled to the chassis, and having pivot mounts and front wheels coupled to the pivot mounts, and a load deck mounted to the front wheel frame and having openings through which the pivot mounts extend."

The patent was filed on June 25, 2021, under Application No. 17/358,053.

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