Electric lawn mower with pivoting lever and start switch

A method implemented by an electric lawn mower, comprising:

• keeping a cutting blade and electric wheel motors off when a pivoting lever of the electric lawn mower is disposed anywhere from a fully disengaged position up to and including a first pivot angle and a start switch of the electric lawn mower has not been activated;
• keeping the electric wheel motors off and turning the cutting blade on when the pivoting lever is disposed at a second pivot angle and the start switch is activated;
• turning the electric wheel motors on when the pivoting lever is transitioned from the second pivot angle to a third pivot angle after the cutting blade has been turned on;
• and
• providing a signal to an operator of the electric lawn mower to indicate that the pivoting lever has achieved the second pivot angle and that activation of the start switch while the pivoting lever remains at the second pivot angle will turn on the cutting blade.

A computer program product comprising instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an electric lawn mower to:

• keep a cutting blade and electric wheel motors off when a pivoting lever is disposed anywhere from a fully disengaged position up to and including a first pivot angle and a start switch has not been activated;
• keep the electric wheel motors off and turn the cutting blade on when the pivoting lever is disposed at a second pivot angle and the start switch is activated;
• turn the electric wheel motors on when the pivoting lever is transitioned from the second pivot angle to a third pivot angle after the cutting blade has been turned on;
• and
• provide a signal to an operator of the electric lawn mower to indicate that the pivoting lever has achieved the second pivot angle and that activation of the start switch while the pivoting lever remains at the second pivot angle will turn on the cutting blade.