ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,575, issued on Jan. 28.
"Apparatus for combining planting implements" was invented by Jeffrey Howard Cromwell (Camden, Ala.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for combining planting implements enables an operator of a tractor to use both a conventional cultivating implement and a conventional broadcasting implement simultaneously. The apparatus is rigidly affixed to a conventional cultivating implement and comprises a support frame, a pair of brackets, and a connection bar. In combination, the support frame, pair of brackets, and connection bar provide a three-point connection whereby a conventional broadcasting implement ma...