ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,820, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hydro-Gear LP (Sullivan, Ill.).
"Control assembly for zero turn device" was invented by Nathan W. Bonny (Shelbyville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control assembly for a lawn mower includes a shaft configured to rotate about a first axis and a pivot bar coupled to and configured to rotate with and pivot relative to the shaft. The pivot bar is configured to rotate with the shaft between a forward position, a neutral position, and a rear position about the first axis and pivot relative to the shaft between an operative position and a stopped position about a second axis. The control asse...