ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,532, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Kubota Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Work machine" was invented by Isaac Wood (Jefferson, Ga.), Yuta Horibe (Duluth, Ga.) and Min Sung Kim (Buford, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work machine includes: a body including: a body frame; a driver's seat at a central portion of the body; a power source at a back portion of the body; and a front-wheel unit disposed at a front portion of the body and extending in a left-right direction of the body, wherein the body has a forward portion provided with at least one first holder configured to hold a rope and/or allowing the rope to pass therethrough. The ...