ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,255, issued on July 21.

"Lawnmower clipping chute assembly" was invented by Tyrone Pickens (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawnmower clipping chute assembly includes a chute that is mountable to a deck of a push lawnmower having the chute being aligned with an output port of the deck. In this way the chute can capture grass clippings produced by the push lawnmower in lieu of a collection bag of the push lawnmower. The chute is curved such that the chute is directed laterally from the deck to direct the grass clippings laterally from the deck. A rod is attachable to the chute such that the rod extends laterally across t...