Patents Examined by Raymond W. Aodie
  • Foot-operated parking brake for walk-behind power tool
    Patent number: 6199354
    Abstract: An improved, large capacity, self-propelled, walk-behind power tool, such as a lawn mower, employs a parking brake apparatus which is operative to effectively brake the drive wheels of the tool. The described apparatus is activated by a foot pedal and employs locking fingers having a cooperating lost motion coupling which relieves having to maintain close tolerances for the apparatus during manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kevin D. King, Daniel J. Turk, Tony W. Ross