US Patent Issued to Vermeer Manufacturing on April 8 for "Modular balers for base vehicles and methods of connecting same" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,127, issued on April 8, was assigned to Vermeer Manufacturing Co. (Pella, Iowa).

"Modular balers for base vehicles and methods of connecting same" was invented by Curt T. Graham (Lynnville, Iowa), Kent L Thompson (Otley, Iowa), Nathan D. Dockter (Pella, Iowa) and Kent M. Recker (Pella, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-propelled vehicles for supporting and operating a device are disclosed. Example devices include agricultural devices. The vehicle includes mounting arms that allow the device to be extended forward or rearward of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the device is releasably coupleable to the vehicle. In some embodi...