US Patent Issued to ABI ATTACHMENTS on Feb. 3 for "Self-aligning, engagement-biased hitch apparatuses, methods, and systems" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,857, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ABI ATTACHMENTS INC. (Mishawaka, Ind.).

"Self-aligning, engagement-biased hitch apparatuses, methods, and systems" was invented by Kevin V. Keigley (Osceola, Ind.) and Nathaniel Lee Smith (Goshen, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for operatively coupling a towable tool with a work machine via a three-point hitch includes a vehicle-side and a tool-side frame operatively coupled with a pivot bearing and a key-lock pairing. A biasing member is coupled with an configured to bias the tool-side frame relative to the vehicle-side frame."

The patent was filed on Sept. 14, 2022, under App...