ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,718, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rovic and Leers (Pty) Ltd (Cape Town, South Africa).
"Cultivating apparatus" was invented by Bernie Booysen (Cape Town, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cultivating apparatus may include a tine that extends from a leading support frame, the tine arranged to cut and loosen soil. A trailing support frame may have one or more soil working tools extending therefrom. A biasing assembly may include at least a first limb which pivotally couples the trailing support frame to the leading support frame of the tine, and a biasing spring that urges the trailing support frame and its soil working too...