US Patent Issued to Duck Foot Parts on July 1 for "Auxiliary tine for a reel tube of a harvester header" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,754, issued on July 1, was assigned to Duck Foot Parts Inc..

"Auxiliary tine for a reel tube of a harvester header" was invented by Steven Ray Kastning (Saskatoon, Canada) and Chrisa Dawn McDougall-Kastning (Saskatoon, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paddle tine for use over a pickup tine previously fixed with a harvester reel tube of a harvesting header comprises an elongated body having a central cavity therethrough and is adapted to slide over the pickup tine of the harvester reel tube. An attachment mechanism, such as one or more resilient clips with a fastening clip, is fixed with the proximal end of the elongated body to...