US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on May 19 for "Windrower implement with merger attachment" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,741, issued on May 19, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Windrower implement with merger attachment" was invented by Swapnil Kumbhar (Pune, India), Benjamin M. Lovett (Ottumwa, Iowa), Hunter T. Kelderman (Ottumwa, Iowa) and Tyler J. Bouslog (Keota, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windrower implement includes a merger attachment having a support structure rotatably supporting a conveyor, and a lift structure interconnecting the support structure and a frame of the windrower implement. The lift structure is moveable between a deployed position for positioning the conveyor in a lowered and downward inclining operatin...