ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,663, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KUHN-AUDUREAU SAS (La Copechagniere, France).

"Agricultural machine for distributing product for feeding animals and/or forming their bedding" was invented by Pascal Gautron (Saint-Fulgent, France) and Theo Desurier (La Roche-sur-Yon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine for distributing product for feeding animals and/or forming their bedding, the agricultural distribution machine includes a casing and a loading door articulated in rotation on the casing about a first swivel axis, a complementary element articulated in rotation on the door about a second swivel axis and ...