ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,464, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG (Spelle, Germany).

"Agricultural work implement to be attached or hitched to a towing vehicle and method of setting up a road operation of an agricultural work implement" was invented by Markus Bartels (Meppen, Germany), Richard Buter (Sogel, Germany) and Jens Lomker (Hopsten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural work implement, in particular a mowing unit, for attachment to a towing vehicle is disclosed, along with method of road operation setup, that includes an attachment frame, on which a telescopic support arm is pivotably and/o...