ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,609, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Convertible two rank agricultural implement" was invented by Sandeep Ekhe (Ahmednagar, India) and Vijay Bhaskar Shashidhar Ayyalasomayajula (Nagpur, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A convertible multiple rank agricultural implement for being towed by an agricultural vehicle. The convertible multiple rank agricultural implement includes a towing assembly, a first rank coupled to the towing assembly, wherein the first rank includes a first plurality of row units longitudinally spaced along a longitudinally extending support structure. A second rank is coupled to ...