ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,601, issued on March 31.

"Picking-up device for bales, and picking-up system comprising a picking-up device" was invented by Ingo Dreher (Balgheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a picking-up device for bales (14) formed by compression of an, in particular, long-stemmed plant material, comprising a first side part (48), a second side part (50) spaced apart relative thereto in a first spatial direction (42), and connection units (66) for connecting the side parts (48, 50) along the first spatial direction (42), wherein the side parts (48, 50) are designed to assume a transport state relative to one an...