ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,019, issued on May 6, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Row unit mounting system" was invented by Randall A Maro (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for coupling a row unit to a frame of an agricultural implement include a row unit, such as a planter row unit. The row unit may be coupled to a frame of an agricultural planter by engagement between mounting features of the planter row unit to one or more rails formed on a frame of the agricultural planter. One or more of the mounting features may be movable relative to one or more other mounting features in order to secure the pl...