US Patent Issued to 1045929 Ontario on June 17 for "Sod harvesting systems with slab length adjustability" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,073, issued on June 17, was assigned to 1045929 Ontario Ltd. (Keswick, Canada).

"Sod harvesting systems with slab length adjustability" was invented by Gerardus J. Brouwer (Keswick, Canada) and Ian L. Morgan (Cambridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A harvesting system for harvesting sod includes: (a) a harvester frame; (b) a cutting assembly mounted to the harvester frame for cutting the sod into slabs, each slab having a cut-off length; (c) a conveyor assembly supported by the harvester frame for transporting the slabs away from the cutting assembly toward a measuring location; and (d) a control system operable to: (i) dete...