Patent: Tricycle Lawnmower

Patent number/filing date: 4455816, filed in 1982

Do you want to get your kids used to the idea of mowing the lawn before they have the chance to fight back? Well, this patent was meant to make lawn mowing fun by, well, making the lawnmower the shape of a tricycle. All right, that’s not entirely fair. The tricycle lawnmower is probably not meant to be operated by children at all, but the idea is that you mow the lawn by pedaling which cuts out the use of gasoline or electricity in your mower. Instead, you get to sit as though in a riding mower, but without the pollution. Sound idea? Well, maybe if it hadn’t been packaged like a child’s toy, you might see more of these on the shelves. As is, I’m afraid we’re stuck with either gas or a push mower.