ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,903, issued on March 18, was assigned to EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY Inc. (Beatrice, Neb.).
"Grounds maintenance vehicle" was invented by Michael Shane Fredenburg (Hickman, Neb.) and Valerie Jinright (Beatrice, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounds maintenance vehicle has a vehicle frame, an implement coupled to the vehicle frame, and a height selection tool configured to change a vertical position of the implement relative to the vehicle frame. The height selection tool has a manually engageable mechanism pivotably coupled to the vehicle frame. Pivoting the manually engageable mechanism relative to the vehicle frame change...