ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,402, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"Repositionable windguard assembly for agricultural baler feeder system" was invented by Albert Childs (Meadville, Pa.) and Kevin M. Smith (Narvon, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine includes: a machine frame; and a feeder system coupled with the machine frame and including a windguard assembly, the windguard assembly being configured for selectively occupying a first position and a second position by moving therebetween, the first position being associated with a normal flow direction of a crop material relative to the feed...