A01B 73/00
Means or arrangements to facilitate transportation of agricultural machines or implements
Official title: Means or arrangements to facilitate transportation of agricultural machines or implements, e.g. folding frames to reduce overall width (arrangements of lifting devices for soil working implements A01B63/00)
A01B73/00 (Means or arrangements to facilitate transportation of agricultural machines or implements) appears on 1,082 US grants and 815 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01B- Granted patents
- 1,082
- Published applications
- 815
- Assignees
- 267
- Inventors
- 1,350
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 22 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 9 |
| 2002 | 24 | 9 |
| 2003 | 15 | 17 |
| 2004 | 11 | 11 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 14 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 |
| 2009 | 11 | 13 |
| 2010 | 18 | 28 |
| 2011 | 12 | 23 |
| 2012 | 18 | 15 |
| 2013 | 22 | 29 |
| 2014 | 31 | 32 |
| 2015 | 26 | 70 |
| 2016 | 25 | 43 |
| 2017 | 50 | 63 |
| 2018 | 64 | 63 |
| 2019 | 62 | 58 |
| 2020 | 51 | 68 |
| 2021 | 38 | 52 |
| 2022 | 44 | 36 |
| 2023 | 38 | 37 |
| 2024 | 30 | 35 |
| 2025 | 26 | 40 |
| 2026 | 24 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Agricultural implements having foldable marker assemblies6 Oct 2026US 12,751,344 B2AGCO Corporation
- Agricultural toolbar with working and transport positioning15 Sep 2026US 12,733,562 B2WMH Leasing, LLC
- Furrow opener linkage and transport orientation25 Aug 2026US 12,714,006 B2K-Hart Industries Ltd.
- Automated header retaining system for lateral transport center-pivot mower14 Jul 2026US 12,677,722 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Concurrent field and transport cylinder actuation for mowing device transport14 Jul 2026US 12,677,723 B2CNH Industrial America LLC
- Multi-member agricultural machine for processing the ground1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293793 A1
- Towed agricultural implement with winged frame and controller to assist operation of the implement1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293794 A1
- Folding pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293807 A1Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. KG
- Tillage apparatuses and related methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0271817 A1Honey Bee Manufacturing Ltd.
- Folding pick-up attachment for a harvesting machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256039 A1Carl Geringhoff GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Grain Drill118US 5,398,771 ACrustBuster/Speed King, Inc. · 1995
- Folding header assembly110US 4,409,780 AKansas State University Research Foundation · 1983
- Agricultural implement with common mechanism for raising/lowering and rotating a lift frame about a vertical axis96US 5,346,019 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1994
- Self leveling towed implement93US 7,063,167 B1Case Corporation · 2006
- Folding row marker88US 4,986,367 AKinze Manufacturing, Inc. · 1991