ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,857, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Crop bale wrap delivery system and method" was invented by Jeffrey S. Wigdahl (Ames, Iowa) and Justin E. Hummel (Des Moines, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A crop bale wrap delivery system and method selectively pays out a sheet of wrap at a selectable sheet feed rate selected from a range of sheet feed rates. The wrap delivery system and method selectively pays out a first portion of the wrap onto a rotating crop module at a first sheet feed rate and pays out a second portion of the wrap onto the module at a second sheet feed rate different from the first shee...