ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,262, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GREENWORKS (JIANGSU) Co. LTD. (China).

"Mowing deck assembly and outdoor power machine" was invented by Qunli Wei (Changzhou, China), Christopher Eichel (Charlotte, N.C.), Qinghua Shi (Changzhou, China) and Dongdong Shi (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mowing deck assembly for an outdoor power machine includes: a mowing deck defining an open-bottomed housing, including a top panel and a peripheral wall structure; one or more mowing blades rotatably mounted to the mowing deck; a baffle assembly including a plurality of baffles positioned so as to define an individual circular e...