ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,018, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SMF-HOLDING GMBH (Eichelhardt, Germany).
"Crop lifter for a mowing unit of a harvesting machine" was invented by Frank Holler (Stein Wingert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ear lifter for a mower of a harvesting machine with finger guards attached to a cutter bar. The ear lifter has a support rail with a first end for attachment to the cutter bar, a stalk lifter connected to a second end of the support rail and a locking lever, wherein the locking lever has a support surface for support on one of the finger guards and can be fixed in at least two positions relative to the support rail in ...