ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,807, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Chervon (HK) Ltd. (Wanchai, Hong Kong).

"Handle and safety control device for a mower" was invented by Toshinari Yamaoka (Nanjing, China), Fangjie Nie (Nanjing, China), Haishen Xu (Nanjing, China) and Xiandian Shao (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gardening tool, such as a mower, has a main body having an accessory, such as a mowing blade, and a motor for driving the accessory. A handle is rotatably connected to the main body. At least one operation assembly is associated with the handle for being operated by a user to control the motor when the handle is located in a predetermi...