ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,993, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Great Plains Manufacturing Inc. (Salina, Kan.).

"Harrow implement" was invented by Michael J. Ohnsat (Tipton, Kan.), Tanner Peroutek (Tipton, Kan.) and Steve Ahlvers (Glen Elder, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Linkage assemblies for harrow implements are provided that facilitate the consistent positioning of all teeth of the harrow implements in an appropriate orientation (i.e., the appropriate attack angle) during operation. Beneficially, due to the configuration of the linkage assemblies within the harrow implements, the linkage assemblies are configured to be maintained in a generally h...