ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,607, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KUHN SAS (Saverne, France).

"Haymaking machine with a safety system" was invented by Thomas Cornil (Steinbourg, France) and Paul-David Stock (Saint Jean Kourtzerode, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agricultural machine is coupled to a tractor vehicle and includes a work unit connected to a chassis relative to which the work unit can be moved, the machine being able to take up a work configuration and a transport configuration. The machine includes a lightening device having a lightening cylinder connected to the chassis by a flexible compression tie-rod on one side and to the work unit...