US Patent Issued to MTD Products on Jan. 13 for "Foldable handles for high-efficiency turf maintenance tool" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,753, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MTD Products Inc (Valley City, Ohio).

"Foldable handles for high-efficiency turf maintenance tool" was invented by Adam Hiller (Jeromesville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turf maintenance apparatus having folding handles facilitating compact storage is presented herein. The folding handles can be compressed or extended to adjust overall length and can rotate between an extended operator position and a folded storage position. Depending on implementation, the folding handles can be locked in the folded storage position and can also lock in the extended operator position. One or more ope...