ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,464, issued on Dec. 2.
"Systems and methods for preparing a field for planting" was invented by Douglas Kyle Mitchell Jr. (Corinth, Miss.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A representative system for preparing a field for planting includes: first disk blades, each exhibiting a first offset angle with respect to a tilling direction; second blades, each exhibiting a second offset angle with respect to the tilling direction; ripper shanks disposed behind the second disk blades; third disk blades disposed behind the ripper shanks, each exhibiting a third offset angle with respect to the tilling direction; fourth disk blades, each exhibiting ...