ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,368, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Stabilizer arm lock" was invented by Robert Stewart Boyd III (Flowery Branch, Ga.) and Tyler Nicholas Brown (Gainesville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilizer arm lock including a frame member, a stabilizer arm having a first end pivotally attached to the frame, a locking pin operable to slidably move within the stabilizer arm, a cam surface on the frame member, and a biasing member operable to bias the locking pin into engagement with the cam surface."

The patent was filed on Aug. 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/817,400.

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