US Patent Issued to Kinze Manufacturing on Feb. 10 for "Row unit component mounting systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural implements" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,630, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kinze Manufacturing Inc. (Williamsburg, Iowa).

"Row unit component mounting systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural implements" was invented by Robert Blackwell (Williamsburg, Iowa), Dean Martin (Williamsburg, Iowa) and Dalton McDowell (Williamsburg, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement, such as an agricultural seed planter, includes a number of ground engaging row units. The row units receive seed and/or other particulates and deposit the seed or particulates to the ground. The row unit can include row cleaners to aid in allowing a coulter or disk to create a ...