US 11,963,471 B2
Stand-on outdoor power equipment for aerating soil
Kyle Harvey, West Allis, WI (US); Thomas Burkard, Hartland, WI (US); Peter Lucier, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Stephen Longmeyer, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Assigned to Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on May 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/195,228.
Application 18/195,228 is a continuation of application No. 16/797,917, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,665,988.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/808,893, filed on Feb. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270037 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 45/02 (2006.01); A01B 75/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 45/026 (2013.01) [A01B 45/023 (2013.01); A01B 75/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stand-on aerator comprising:
a chassis;
an operator platform extending from a rear portion of the chassis; and
an aerator assembly coupled to the chassis, wherein the aerator assembly includes a plurality of reciprocating tines configured to extend from and retract into the aerator assembly; and
an object detection sensor, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of reciprocating tines are configured to retract in response to the object detection sensor detecting an object in a path of the aerator assembly.