US Patent Issued to MAKITA on May 20 for "Grounding body and grass cutter comprising grounding body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,786, issued on May 20, was assigned to MAKITA Corp. (Anjo, Japan).

"Grounding body and grass cutter comprising grounding body" was invented by Tomoyuki Kutsuna (Anjo, Japan), Naoki Fujimatsu (Anjo, Japan) and Nozomu Iwamoto (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grounding body may be mounted on a cutting blade shaft of a grass cutter. The grounding body may include a mounting part for mounting the grounding body on the cutting blade shaft, wherein a cutting blade is mounted on the cutting blade shaft to be positioned above the grounding body; and a main body coupled to the mounting part and configured to contact a ground. The ...