US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on Sept. 23 for "Deflector assembly for outdoor power equipment" (New York, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,228, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Deflector assembly for outdoor power equipment" was invented by Michael J. Anania (Westernville, N.Y.), Ray D. Perry (Hamilton, N.Y.), James F. Marshall (Munnsville, N.Y.), Jonathan Olson (Kansas City, Mo.) and Sandeep R. Pawar (Rome, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Outdoor power equipment includes a chassis, a blower housing, a discharge housing, and a deflector assembly. The blower housing is supported by the chassis. The discharge housing is coupled to the blower housing and is defined by a first discharge chute and a second discharge chute tha...