US Patent Issued on Sept. 8 for "Mechanical device to selectively defoliate lawn weeds" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,594, issued on Sept. 8.

"Mechanical device to selectively defoliate lawn weeds" was invented by Edward Leslie Jones (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defoliation device includes a housing, a push handle, at least one set of wheels, a drive system, and at least one spindle assembly. The housing includes a front section, a rear section, a shaft mount, an interior compartment, a lower opening, and a top section. The push handle is coupled to the rear section of the housing. The at least one set of wheels are rotatably coupled to the housing adjacent to the lower opening. The drive system includes a motor and at least one belt...