ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,545, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CNH Industrial Belgium N.V. (Zedelgem, Belgium).
"Support wheels for a pickup header" was invented by Jeffrey Blancke (Markegem, Belgium), Stijn Van Belleghem (Maldegem, Belgium) and Simon Beelaert (Adegem, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickup assembly for an agricultural harvester includes a pickup assembly frame including a forward portion and a rearward portion. A pair of gauge wheels are attached to the forward portion of the pickup assembly frame, and at least one support wheel is attached to the rearward portion of the pickup assembly frame. The relative position of the support...