ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,580, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Longmen Laboratory (Luoyang, China).
"Vibratory backfilling device for on-ridge transplant" was invented by Xin Jin (Henan, China), Shaofan Li (Henan, China), Mingyong Li (Henan, China), Guoqing Zhao (Henan, China), Xinwu Du (Henan, China), Xiaolin Xie (Henan, China), Yueyun Zhao (Henan, China) and Heng Wang (Henan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibratory backfilling device includes a mounting frame, vertical base plates, cam link mechanisms and a soil beat actuator. The entire backfilling device is mounted on a rear cross beam of a transplanter, and follows the transplanter to move f...