A01D 85/005
Forming groups of bales
Official title: {Forming groups of bales, e.g. bale sledges (loaders for bales A01D87/12; vehicles for loading bales A01D90/08)}
A01D85/005 (Forming groups of bales) appears on 138 US grants and 99 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01D- Granted patents
- 138
- Published applications
- 99
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 172
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Bale handling system for high capacity baler14 Jul 2026US 12,677,752 B2Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
- Collecting apparatus for round bales17 Feb 2026US 12,550,825 B2Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH
- RFID spacing for small square bale aggregates10 Feb 2026US 12,543,656 B2AGCO Corporation
- Bale accumulator with decouplable front bale supports enabling yaw-capable road transport25 Nov 2025US 12,477,993 B2Phiber Manufacturing Inc.
- Bale retriever for transporting a bale, work train comprising a round baler and a bale retriever, and method of discharging bales from a round baler of such work train14 Oct 2025US 12,439,855 B2Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH
- Vehicle and method for processing plants30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215371 A1Hyler BV
- Double Baler Chamber Divider2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182500 A1AGCO Corporation
- Bale stacker system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0007107 A1Marcrest Manufacturing Inc.
- Hay Skid7 Aug 2025US 2025/0248338 A1
- Efficient reed harvester5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176466 A1Jiangsu University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Bale accumulator37US 4,710,086 ANew Holland Inc. · 1987
- Bale accumulator with automatic control37US 4,844,675 AFord New Holland, Inc. · 1989
- Tilting platform hay bale accumulator29US 4,310,275 A1982
- Bale-accumulating trailer24US 5,842,823 AGehl Company · 1998
- Agricultural bale accumulator with bale turning mechanism23US 4,961,679 AFord New Holland, Inc. · 1990