US Patent Issued to Briggs & Stratton on Dec. 16 for "Vehicle for transporting and charging outdoor power equipment" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,440, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Briggs & Stratton LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Vehicle for transporting and charging outdoor power equipment" was invented by Robert J. Koenen (Pewaukee, Wis.), Scott A. Funke (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Todd Johnson (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Mark Noller (Wauwatosa, Wis.), Nicholas Joseph Ziedler (Brookfield, Wis.) and Jacob Zuehl (Hartland, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailer includes a first power equipment having an equipment battery pack, a charging device having a primary battery pack, and a docking station electrically connected to the primary battery pack. When the first power equipment is position...