US Patent Issued to PRECISION PLANTING on March 25 for "Implements and application units having a trench closer for closing of a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,662, issued on March 25, was assigned to PRECISION PLANTING LLC (Tremont, Ill.).

"Implements and application units having a trench closer for closing of a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields" was invented by Paul Wildermuth (Tremont, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implements and application units include a trench closer for closing a trench during applications with respect to agricultural plants of agricultural fields. In one embodiment, a trench closer for a fertilizer applicator includes a bar moved through a field transverse to a direction of travel, a fertilizer applicator c...