US Patent Issued to Harvest International on March 11 for "Agricultural row unit accessory" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,541, issued on March 11, was assigned to Harvest International Inc. (Storm Lake, Iowa).

"Agricultural row unit accessory" was invented by Jeffrey Alan Sivinski (Cherokee, Iowa), Byron James Friesen (Storm Lake, Iowa) and Garry D. Friesen (Storm Lake, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool assembly for a planter row unit resides at the forward end of the row unit beneath the tool bar. The assembly includes a bracket assembly connected to the row unit, with a ground engaging tool removably mounted on the bracket assembly for movement between raised and lowered positions. A linear actuator controls the position of the tool. The too...