ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,738, issued on July 14, was assigned to TECHTRONIC CORDLESS GP (Anderson, S.C.).

"Lawn mower" was invented by Ryan Williams (Anderson, S.C.), Ryan Kropfelder (Greenville, S.C.) and James Rollins (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lawn mowers are provided. A lawn mower includes: a mower deck; a cutting implement disposed below the mower deck; a handle coupled to the mower deck; a battery receiver configured to receive one or more batteries; a rear drive wheel; a forward drive wheel; a rear transmission coupled to the rear drive wheel and configured to receive power from the one or more batteries; a forward transmission cou...