ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,100, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TENCO INC. (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada).

"Removable plowing system for a vehicle with lateral plowing capability" was invented by Charles Lessard (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada), Jean-Sebastien Bissonnette (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada), Robert Simard (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada), Simon Champoux-Bouchard (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada), Jean-Philippe Bourque (Quebec, Canada), Yvon Archambault (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada) and Mathieu Bouchard (St-Valerien-de-Milton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plowing system is removably mountable onto a vehicle in order to provide the vehi...