US Patent Issued to The Toro on Sept. 16 for "Outdoor power equipment vehicle adapted for performing work operations on turf surfaces" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,577, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Outdoor power equipment vehicle adapted for performing work operations on turf surfaces" was invented by Rex R. Bergsten (Burnsville, Minn.), Kelly S. Meemken (Savage, Minn.), Jackie R. Gust (Northfield, Minn.), Garrett V. Pommeranz (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Brandon J. Anderson (Savage, Minn.), Jeffrey J. Barkow (Bloomington, Minn.) and David J. Scherbring (Savage, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle combining the attributes of a tractor and a utility vehicle includes a three point linkage and other locations to which a plurality of attachments for ...