ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,226, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Globe (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"String trimmer with built-in fan for blowing cut grass" was invented by Zhezhe Xu (Changzhou, China), Yi Xie (Changzhou, China) and Chenglong Yuan (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A string trimmer includes a protective shield, a first motor, a blade and a fan. The first motor is arranged on one side of the protective shield, and a first rotation shaft of the first motor penetrates the protective shield to the other side of the protective shield. The blade is arranged on the other side of the protective shield, and the blade is conn...