US Patent Issued to The Toro on March 24 for "Turf roller" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,055, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Toro Co. (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Turf roller" was invented by Joseph W. Pogatchnik III (Waconia, Minn.) and Alan J. Kummet (Champlin, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turf roller can include a chassis, a roller assembly supporting the chassis, the roller assembly including a roller, a first actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to control an angular position of the roller, a second actuator operably connected to the roller and configured to rotationally drive the roller, and an operator station supported by the chassis, the operator station including a single input...