ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,034, issued on June 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Hitching assembly" was invented by Jacob D. Kappelman (Bloomfield, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hitching assembly for coupling to a hitch assembly on a vehicle. The hitching assembly includes a single point assembly including a first attachment area for attaching to the hitch assembly and a support passage extending through the single point assembly, a two-point assembly extending through the support passage, the two-point assembly having second and third attachment areas for attaching to the hitch assembly, and one or more manually-operated lat...