US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Sept. 8 for "Holding device for a work vehicle attachment" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,516, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Holding device for a work vehicle attachment" was invented by Walter R. Henson II (Dubuque, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating a grade control reading of an attachment of a work vehicle operating on a worksite to a rover reading of a rover. The method comprises coupling a holding device to a rover pole coupled to the rover. The holding device has a rover pole receiving portion configured to receive the rover pole, a facing portion, and a bottom portion. The facing portion is positioned on a front or rear of the attachment and the bottom por...