ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,497, issued on Sept. 22.
"Hitch device for agricultural vehicle" was invented by Hubert Defrancq (Guignicourt, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hitch device for an implement, suitable for being mounted on an agricultural vehicle, including a chassis transverse to the direction of travel of the hitch, a system for coupling an agricultural implement to the chassis, the coupling system being designed to pivot freely relative to the chassis, about a vertical axis, an attachment device for attaching the chassis to the agricultural vehicle, the attachment device including at least two arms intended to link the chassis to the agricu...