US Patent Issued to G.B.G.I. on July 21 for "Method and apparatus for operating a planter gauge wheel arm" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,240, issued on July 21, was assigned to G.B.G.I. Inc. (Chardon, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for operating a planter gauge wheel arm" was invented by William Carrick (Chardon, Ohio) and Peter T. Casamento (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gauge wheel arm assembly equipped to a row unit planter. The gauge wheel arm assembly may include an arm portion and a hub portion operably engaged with the arm portion for receiving at least two bearings. The hub portion may include at least one stop portion configured to operably engaged with a first bearing of the at least two bearings. The hub portion may also include at least anothe...