ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,218, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Working machine" was invented by Hiroshi Horii (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A working machine includes: an operator's seat; and at least one pedal to be operated by being stepped on with a foot, or with feet. The at least one pedal is disposed ahead of the operator's seat. The at least one pedal includes a pedal body extending in a predetermined direction, a pedal shaft having an axis intersecting the predetermined direction and supporting the pedal body in such a way as to allow pivotal motion of the pedal body around the axis, and a tread surface ...