ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,784, issued on May 20, was assigned to BAD BOY MOWERS LLC (Batesville, Ark.).
"Stand-on mower intermediate pulley system" was invented by Zachary Crowl (Batesville, Ark.) and Kenny Cox (Batesville, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a mower system that includes an idler pulley, a deck drive pulley coupled to a drive shaft of a mower motor and an intermediate pulley coupled to the mower and positioned to be engaged by a portion of the deck drive belt spanning between the deck drive pulley and the idler pulley. The deck drive pulley located a first distance from the idler pulley and the intermediate pulley located a second...