US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on July 28 for "Front-mounted tank system and method" (Iowa, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,511, issued on July 28, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Front-mounted tank system and method" was invented by Lee A. Johnson (Polk City, Iowa), Colter W. Kinney (Lohrville, Iowa), Nathan A. Mariman (Davenport, Iowa) and Oscar S. Tinney (Kewanee, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes a tractor having a front end, a rear end, and a front frame coupled to the front end. The agricultural machine includes an implement coupled to the rear end of the tractor. The agricultural machine includes a supply line configured to transfer commodity from a front tank, which is configured to be supported abov...