ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,731, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Oso Technologies LLC (Irving, Texas).

"Electric lawn mower with pivoting lever and start switch" was invented by Carlos Ojeda (Irving, Texas) and Nagaraj Rao (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric lawn mower including a pivoting lever coupled to a stationary handle, a start switch, a cutting blade, electric wheel motors, and a controller in communication with the pivoting lever and the start switch. The controller is configured to keep the cutting blade and the electric wheel motors off when the pivoting lever is disposed anywhere from a fully disengaged position up to and in...