ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,526, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG (Spelle, Germany).
"Haymaking machine with catching element" was invented by Johannes Hemker (Legden, Germany) and Erik Helper (Quendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haymaking machine has a rake rotor with frame and support arm provided with a base part and a sliding part. The base part is pivotably connected to the frame about a support arm axis to enable the support arm to pivot between a lowered active position and a raised passive position. The sliding part is slidable relative to the base part between an inner position and an outer pos...