US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Nov. 3 for "Seed firming system with adjustable force and lockup" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,999, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Seed firming system with adjustable force and lockup" was invented by Cary S. Hubner (Geneseo, Ill.), Veronica Sanchez Benavides (Monterrey, Mexico) and Carlos Alberto Soto Lozano (Guadalupe, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seed firming system for a planting machine includes an attachment bracket having a portion provided for attachment to a row unit of the planting machine. The system includes an arm pivotably coupled to the attachment bracket. The arm includes a ground-facing surface configured for engagement with soil during planting a tension arm space...