ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,991, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Intermediate drive element for towed agricultural implement" was invented by Jurgen Riedel (Feucht, Germany) and Oliver Lott (Feucht, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A towed agricultural implement including a support frame, with one end adapted for connection to a towing vehicle, a drive apparatus carried by the support frame, with one end of the drive adapted for connection to the towing vehicle, support arms carried from the support frame, where each of the support arms are moveable between a working position and a transport position, ...