ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,715, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).
"Mobile turf instrument apparatus" was invented by Troy D. Carson (Richfield, Minn.), Chris A. Wadzinski (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) and Jackie R. Gust (Northfield, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe assembly for measuring a synthetic turf infill profile having a probe, a turf surface contact assembly and a sensor. The probe is configured to extend down through the turf infill profile until a tip of the probe contacts a lower boundary of the turf infill profile. The surface contact assembly is vertically movable relative to the probe while the probe...