Not sure I am able say for sure about the concept your asking about. But the early self propelled New Holland swathers (model 905 and 907 and maybe others) used a planetary gear box on each drive wheel. Each wheel had a stick, pushed forward it engaged a clutch pack for the planetary gears for forward motion and locked over center. Pulling the sticks back passed neutral it engaged a brake band and reversed you. I was told it had a lot of similarity to a Ford model T transmission in how the reverse worked.

I think that's also how Lenco car transmissions work. Not sure if the actuation is a band, but seems to be manual.

Paul.