US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on Jan. 28 for "Outdoor power equipment with single handed controls" (New York, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,843, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Outdoor power equipment with single handed controls" was invented by Robert Laurin (Durhamville, N.Y.), Derrick Camenga (Sherburne, N.Y.), James Marshall (Munnsville, N.Y.), Joe Ferris (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Tom Burkard (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Outdoor power equipment includes a frame including a handle, a prime mover mounted to the frame, a transmission coupling the prime mover to a wheel, and a user interface coupled to the transmission and including a static link rigidly coupled to the handle, a forward link coupled to a forward...