US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Sept. 1 for "Mower side discharge chute assembly" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,261, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Mower side discharge chute assembly" was invented by Allen F. Swan (Beaver Dam, Wis.), Robert S. Goes (Beaver Dam, Wis.) and Matthew J. Riehbrandt (Brownsville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mower side discharge chute assembly includes an outer deflector chute pivotably mounted to a mower deck, an inner discharge chute pivotably mounted to the mower deck under the outer deflector chute, and a liner attached to the inner discharge chute and having a lower density than the outer deflector chute. A hinge with a torsion spring independently biases the outer ...