US Patent Issued to S & B Lawn Systems on Oct. 20 for "Lawn grooming hitch" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,438, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to S & B Lawn Systems Inc. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Lawn grooming hitch" was invented by Stefan Behling (Brookfield, Wis.) and Steven Sprinkmann (Germantown, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lawn grooming system includes a hitch. The hitch includes a mounting bracket and a pivot member pivotably connected to the mounting bracket. The pivot member includes a cylinder. An intermediate coupler includes a pipe and a sleeve. The pipe is rotatably received within the cylinder. A projection is rotatably received within the cylinder."

The patent was filed on Sept. 12, 2023, under Application No. 18/465,...