ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,645, issued on Feb. 10.
"Two-stage mowing apparatus and method" was invented by Ricky A. Weihl (Muskegon, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method according to one embodiment are provided in a vehicle to perform a two-stage cut of grass or other vegetation in a field or lawn. The first stage may be a coarse cut stage, and the second stage may be a finish cut stage. The first and second stages may be conducted by separate cutting configurations. For instance, the first cutting configuration or coarse cutting configuration may be a flail mower configuration, and the second cutting configuration or finish cutting configu...