US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on Sept. 22 for "Sapling planting unit" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,505, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Sapling planting unit" was invented by Vishal Puranik (Pune, India) and Syed Gouse Moiddin (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sapling indexing unit for a transplanter, the sapling indexing unit comprising a channel track. An intermediary unit is movably coupled to the channel track. The intermediary unit comprises a plurality of tubes arranged vertically and each having a top and a bottom. A base frame is proximal to the bottom of the plurality of tubes and an aperture is defined by the base frame. A drive mechanism is configured to provide horizont...