US Patent Issued to Tribine Industries on Feb. 10 for "Seedbed preparation method and mechanism" (American, Ukrainian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,624, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Tribine Industries LLC (Logansport, Ind.).

"Seedbed preparation method and mechanism" 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 seedbed preparation and planting machine includes a cutting assembly including powered forward cutting blades for chopping crop residue. A cutting disc assembly follows the cutting assembly effective for forming a seedbed trench at a seed planting depth. A seed assembly follows the cutting disc assembly including a seed hopper and a seed tube located to drop seed into the seedbed trench. A...