ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,287, issued on March 24, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Reconfigurable grading blade attachment with a stabilizer wheel assembly on a work machine" was invented by Arun Narayanan (Pune, India), Mark A. Simon (Dubuque, Iowa), Nicholas J. Rokusek (Dubuque, Iowa) and Brett S. Graham (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable grading blade attachment for a work machine includes an attachment frame, a pivot beam extending transversely to the frame length, a left stabilizer wheel assembly pivotally coupled to the left portion of the pivot beam, a right stabilizer wheel assembly pivotally coupled to a ...