US Patent Issued to The Toro on April 29 for "Walk reel mower with adjustable handle assembly" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,938, issued on April 29, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Walk reel mower with adjustable handle assembly" was invented by Gerald E. Goman (Spring Valley, Wis.) and Nicholas J. Sirek (Elko, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A walk reel mower has a traction frame that carries a handle assembly to accommodate users of different heights. The handle assembly can extend rearwardly and upwardly from the traction frame and can include a lower support, operatively coupled to the traction frame, and an upper mount carrying a handle which is gripped by a user during operation of the mower to guide and manipulate the mower....