ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,947, issued on April 29.
"Mid-size or big bale stack feeder bed wagon having a bale loader arm assembly interchangeable with a bale knife assembly" was invented by Leland K. Millsap (Fruitland, Idaho) and Randall R. Clagg (Payette, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stack feeder bed wagon is provided for pickup of one or more mid-size or big bales in an agricultural field for transport that simultaneously tilts and rotates a longitudinal bale 90 degrees upwardly and transversely over, adjacent, and along the forward upper edge of a stack bed for pushback onto the bed for transport or for consolidation with one or more bales into a...