ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,517, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).
"Lawnmower discharge accessories" was invented by David Marolla (Menomonee Falls, Wis.), Shane McCue (Greenfield, Wis.), Hans T. Banholzer (Mequon, Wis.), John L. Whealon (West Bend, Wis.) and Ryan Gunderson (Jackson, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mulch plug accessory for a lawnmower includes a curvilinear plug wall having a convex side, and a plurality of alignment legs extending in a direction away from the convex side of the curvilinear plug wall. Each alignment leg has a distal end including a stop flange. The mulch plug accessory furt...