ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,726, issued on June 23, was assigned to HONEY BEE MANUFACTURING LTD. (Frontier, Canada).

"Tillage apparatuses and related methods" was invented by Glenn Raymond Honey (Bracken, Canada), Lee Glenn Harper (Shaunavon, Canada) and Scott Douglas Smith (Climax, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, which may be a tillage apparatus, may have a flexible frame. The frame may be made from open members. The frame may support ground engagers and may be supported on wheel assemblies. The ground engagers may be connected to a spring trip mechanism. The ground engagers may be mounted to open members of the frame with a clamping style ...