ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,899, issued on March 25, was assigned to Prinoth S.p.A. (Italy).
"Snow groomer with touch screen control user interface" was invented by Martin Kirchmair (Vipitino, Italy) and Stephan Muehlsteiger (Vipiteno, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A snow groomer with touch screen controls for tensioning tracks, suspension, drive unit, accessories and other, comprising: a plurality of tracks; at least one accessory device selected in a group comprising a shovel or blade, a tiller assembly and a winch assembly; and a user interface comprising a display and a selector device for receiving commands from an operator, preferably the selector...