ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,509, issued on June 9, was assigned to SCHAFFERT MANUFACTURING COMPANY INC. (Indianola, Neb.).
"Walking beam for press wheel on planter trailing system" was invented by Kris Schaffert (Indianola, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trailing assembly for an agricultural planter is attached to a frame element of the agricultural planter with a mounting bracket. A walking beam having a hub at an intermediate position along a length of the walking beam is pivotably attached to the mounting bracket. A first pair of arms extends from the hub in a first direction, with each arm configured with a shaft to rotatably and selectively receive a...