ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,747, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).
"Trench closing assembly" was invented by Ian Radtke (Washington, Ill.) and Jason Stoller (Eureka, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trench closing system having a frame configured to connect to an agricultural row unit, closing wheels attached to the frame and configured to close an open seed trench opened by an opening system on the agricultural row unit, and a guard mounted to the trench closing system to prevent rocks, rootballs, or other trash from approaching the closing wheels."
The patent was filed on Sept. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/...