ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,290, issued on May 27, was assigned to PLOEGER OXBO EUROPE B.V. (Roosendaal, Netherlands).

"Moveable device for picking up a product from the land" was invented by Hendrik Willem Breure (Roosendaal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is movable in a direction of travel over land. The device is provided with a lifting mechanism for picking up a product from the land, and a transport mechanism which is positioned with respect to the lifting mechanism in such a way that the product picked up from the land by the lifting mechanism can be moved onto the transport mechanism. The product can be conveyed in at least one tran...