US Patent Issued to HUSQVARNA on April 22 for "Robotic lawnmower with folding mechanism and locking mechanism" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,550, issued on April 22, was assigned to HUSQVARNA AB (Huskvarna, Sweden).

"Robotic lawnmower with folding mechanism and locking mechanism" was invented by Mats Svensson (Huskvarna, Sweden) and Ronny Olsen (Jonkoping, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous robotic lawnmower (1) is disclosed. The robotic lawnmower (1) comprises a driving unit (3) comprising one or more drive wheels (5) and a cutting unit (7) arranged to cut grass when in a cutting position relative a ground surface (9). The lawnmower (1) further comprises a folding mechanism (11) allowing the cutting unit (7) to be pivoted relative the driving unit (3) aro...