ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,062, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MTD Products Inc (Valley City, Ohio).

"Air blowing apparatus with auxiliary fan housing and auxiliary baffle" was invented by Jay Maggard (Polk, Ohio), Jeffrey R. Kucera (Medina, Ohio), Garrett Rosinski (Akron, Ohio), Dominic Kedelty (Maricopa, Ariz.) and Jacob Petersen (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air blowing apparatus having an auxiliary housing and auxiliary air flow output that can be selectively engaged and disengaged is described herein. In an embodiment of the disclosure, the auxiliary housing can comprise an auxiliary fan to generate a second high speed air flow to suppl...