ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,524, issued on June 9, was assigned to RUSSELL CREEK ENGINEERING LLC (Chetopa, Kan.).

"Bale slicer bucket, mounting method, and assembly" was invented by Christopher D. Goddard (Welch, Okla.) and Fred S. Goddard Jr. (Welch, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loader bucket for mounting in a bale slicer apparatus, and a method of quickly and securely mounting the loader bucket in the bale slicer apparatus to form a loading assembly without having to first remove the bale slicer apparatus from the slicer carrier vehicle. After using the loading assembly, e.g., to scoop, carry, and dump loose feed and feed supplement materials, the lo...