ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,621, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Guide for rear discharge of lawn mower" was invented by Takayuki Arakawa (Saitama, Japan), Norikazu Shimizu (Saitama, Japan), Hiroshi Hojo (Saitama, Japan), Sotaro Furuta (Saitama, Japan) and Susumu Okubo (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide plate for guiding grass that has been cut by a lawn mower having adjacent blades that are rotating in different directions is provided. The lawn mower includes a first blade having a first tip, and a second blade having a second tip, wherein the first blade and the second blade are disposed adjacent to each o...