US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on May 26 for "Flexible rotary mower deck lift system" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,601, issued on May 26, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Flexible rotary mower deck lift system" was invented by Robert D. Dunbar (Holly Springs, N.C.), Jeremy B. Lambert (Raleigh, N.C.) and Vinesh Y. Deshmukh (Cary, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible rotary mower deck lift system includes a center deck having a first end and a second end, and a wing deck pivotably attached to each of the first and second ends. A linear actuator may be actuated to raise and hold each wing deck at a position that is parallel to the center deck, and a lift cylinder may be actuated to raise the center deck and the wing decks to...