US Patent Issued to Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone on Oct. 14 for "Bale retriever for transporting a bale, work train comprising a round baler and a bale retriever, and method of discharging bales from a round baler of such work train" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,855, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG (Spelle, Germany).

"Bale retriever for transporting a bale, work train comprising a round baler and a bale retriever, and method of discharging bales from a round baler of such work train" was invented by Markus Mosker (Lunne, Germany), Michael Kreyenhagen (Bohmte, Germany), Nils Bruhn (Spelle, Germany), Andre Berghaus (Billerbeck, Germany) and Hannes Mahlmann-Dunker (Neuenkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bale accumulator for attaching to a round baler and for transporting a bale, with a carrying device for carrying the bale, which is...