ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,835, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to JIANGSU DONGCHENG TOOLS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Nantong, China).
"Garden tool and push rod mechanism" was invented by Weiping Hou (Nantong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A garden tool includes an upper push rod, a lower push rod and a control mechanism connected to the upper push rod and the lower push rod. The control mechanism includes a safety switch, an expansion-retraction locking assembly and an operation handle, a trigger configured to trigger the safety switch. The expansion-retraction locking assembly includes a limiting member capable of being operated to enter between the upper pus...