ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,992, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AGCO International GmbH (Neuhausen, Switzerland).

"Towed agricultural apparatus having support arm for controlling movement of working implement of the agricultural apparatus" was invented by Oliver Gerhard Lott (Feucht, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implement having a frame for towing by an agricultural vehicle, a lifting arm pivotally connected toward a first end of the frame, a support arm pivotally connected at a first end to a second end of the arm, a working implement carried from a second end of the support arm, a support located between a first end of the lifting arm and the...