ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,260, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).
"Agricultural vehicle with tine support guides that limit deflection of a tine" was invented by Enrico Giuliani (Russi-RA, Italy) and Albert Childs (Meadville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickup assembly for an agricultural vehicle includes: a rotatable reel; a plurality of tine bars coupled to the reel such that rotation of the reel moves the tine bars through a movement path; at least one tine carried by each of the tine bars; and at least one tine support guide carried by at least one of the tine bars. The at least one tine support guid...