US 12,376,514 B2
Walk-behind mower with wide angle illumination
Tyler L. Graham, Milwaukee, WI (US); Anthony J. Buxton, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Benjamin F. Shaske, Pewaukee, WI (US); Adam N. Carter, Wales, WI (US); Shane McCue, Greenfield, WI (US); John L. Whealon, West Bend, WI (US); Christopher Shawn Bullington, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Zachary Self, Nashotah, WI (US)
Assigned to Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed by MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION, Brookfield, WI (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/741,999.
Application 18/741,999 is a continuation of application No. 18/315,757, filed on May 11, 2023, granted, now 12,035,653.
Application 18/315,757 is a continuation of application No. 17/466,078, filed on Sep. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,684,009, issued on Jun. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/074,554, filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324496 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A01D 34/00 (2006.01); F21S 9/02 (2006.01); A01D 101/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A01D 34/001 (2013.01) [F21S 9/02 (2013.01); A01D 2101/00 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A walk-behind mower comprising:
a mower deck defining a deck perimeter, wherein the mower deck comprises a sidewall and a top wall coupled to the sidewall;
a head coupled to the mower deck;
a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to the mower deck, the plurality of wheels including a pair of front wheels rotatable about a front axis and a pair of rear wheels rotatable about a rear axis;
a control bar assembly extending from the mower deck rearward relative the rear wh axis; and
a light source coupled to the sidewall of the mower deck, the light source configured to project light away from the walk-behind mower in a primary direction that leaves the deck perimeter between the front axis and the rear axis and subsequently crosses the front axis.