US Patent Issued to BOURGAULT INDUSTRIES on April 29 for "Crop divider with automatic height control" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,930, issued on April 29, was assigned to BOURGAULT INDUSTRIES LTD. (St. Brieux, Canada).

"Crop divider with automatic height control" was invented by David Hilbig (St. Brieux, Canada) and Gerry Miller (St. Brieux, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural implement operating on a field surface with growing crop plants comprises a plurality of divider mechanisms mounted in front of the implement wheels. Each divider mechanism comprises a divider member comprising a diversion member tapering laterally from a front end of the divider member, operative to push the crop plants away from a path of the wheel, and mounted to the i...