US Patent Issued to Tribine Industries on April 15 for "Universal crop head assembly and its use in harvesting crops" (American, Ukrainian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,206, issued on April 15, was assigned to Tribine Industries LLC (Logansport, Ind.).

"Universal crop head assembly and its use in harvesting crops" was invented by Ben N. Dillon (Logansport, Ind.) and Dillon M. Thompson (Burdett, Ukraine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal crop head assembly is carried at the front of and by a harvester. The new crop head assembly includes a frame assembly, an intermediate multi-crop reel assembly carried by the frame assembly and having selectively extendable and retractable fingers for small grain harvesting. A lower cutter bar assembly is carried by the frame assembly and for cutting grain st...