ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,741, issued on July 1.

"Agricultural tool-holder" was invented by Roberto Quattrini (Todi, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Agricultural tool-holder having a central chassis with a coupling system for coupling with a tractor and at least one lateral chassis that can slide closer to or away from the central chassis, which has a longitudinal axis and includes an adjacent parallel pair of tubular beams orthogonal to the longitudinal axis and suitable for slidingly receiving two rods provided in the lateral chassis, moved by a main actuator mounted in the central chassis."

The patent was filed on Jan. 21, 2021, under Application No. ...